MEMORIALS
Paul D. Magriel *74
Paul Magriel, a chess master who became known as the world’s best backgammon player before turning to playing professional poker, died March 5, 2018, in…
Julius W. Melton Jr. *66
Julius Melton, who taught, preached, and led worship in churches and colleges, died Nov. 20, 2017, at age 84. Melton graduated from Mississippi College in…
Yuen-Sheng Chiang *64
Yuen-Sheng Chiang, a scientist and financial officer, died April 16, 2018, at age 82. Born in China in 1936, Chiang immigrated to the island of…
Robert N. Olsen *63
Robert Olsen, a retired chemical engineer who had a second career in counseling, died peacefully Jan. 18, 2018, at age 79. Olsen graduated from the…
James E. Heider *61
James Heider, a plastics engineer who helped develop plastic bottles for beverages and detergents, died Jan. 12, 2018, at age 81. Heider was an outstanding…
Howard R. Witt *59
Howard Witt, professor emeritus and retired dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Oakland University in Michigan, died Oct. 18, 2015, at…
Thomas E. McGill *58
Thomas McGill, who had been the Hales Professor of Psychology at Williams College, died Nov. 26, 2017, at the age of 87, after a brief…
Donald P. Gaver Jr. *56
Donald Gaver, who had been a distinguished professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School, died Feb. 11, 2018, at home in Monterey, Calif…
John T. Craig *50
John Craig, whose work involved foreign aid in a six-decade career with USAID and the State Department, died Feb. 3, 2018, of complications of Alzheimer’s…
Hugh F. Young Jr. ’72
Hugh died Sept. 12, 2018. His wife of 47 years, our classmate Gayle Glidewell Young, and his four children were present. Hugh came to Princeton…
Charles R. Dressel ’71
Chuck died Jan. 22, 2018, in River Forest, Ill., after a long battle with late-onset bipolar disorder and progressive heart disease. He entered Princeton after…
Joe Dehais ’71
Joe died Jan. 10, 2018, of complications from diabetes. Born in Glens Falls, N.Y., he grew up there and in Waterville, Maine, where he prepped…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Dick was ‘a philosophy major playing football, which always bemused our father enormously. Or maybe a football player
majoring in philosophy ... ’ — Lanny Springs ’64
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
Remembering Jennifer Parmelee ’80
“Jenni had the deepest sense of responsibility to give back and to do good and to support the little guy. … as time went on, she never lost that sense…
Remembering Victor Brombert
“Brombert was very concerned that I talk about his love of teaching. He said, ‘My love isn’t war, it’s teaching and I hope you’ll find a place to mention that,’…
Remembering Karl Hummel ’67
“What’s unique about Karl is he represented all these great, broad, national economic and management and philosophy trends. He touched on every one of them. I don’t know many other…
Remembering Isabella De La Houssaye ’86
‘We had a rule. You can’t compare yourself to Isabella because fool’s errand. But whatever race you were on, you always could push yourself further thinking of her and thinking…
Remembering Ernie T. Pascarella ’65
‘Just so that everybody knows, this was one outstanding guy in every way,’ said Cosmo Iacavazzi ’65
Remembering Joe Schein ’37
Joe Schein ’37 the oldest living alum in Princeton's history at the time of his death. He carried the 1923 Silver Cane eight times at the P-rade during Reunions.
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