MEMORIALS
James Benjamin Townsend ’40
RETIRED PROFESSOR of English literature at SUNY-Buffalo Ben Townsend died Dec. 13, 1993. A multifaceted scholar, Ben was published widely on art and literary topics…
David Douglas Wicks ’40
THE REALM of secondary education was the centerpiece in the professional life of Dave Wicks, who died unexpectedly at his Westport Point, Mass., home July…
Thomas Robert Wilcox ’40
DEVOTION TO Princeton and the Class of 1940 were of significant import to Tom Wilcox, who died at his Shelter Island, N.Y., home July 19…
Louis Osborne Coxe ’40
A LONG ORDEAL with Alzheimer's disease ceased May 25, 1993, for our noted educator and poet, Louis Coxe. He is survived by his widow, Edith…
Joseph Napoleon Dubarry IV ’40
ON MAY 7, 1993, Joe died after a long and confining illness at his home in Bryn Mawr, Penn. Son of Joseph N. DuBarry '14…
Edwin Tunnicliff Fox Jr. ’40
TUNNIE Fox died in Richmond, Va., Aug. 15, 1992. Son of Edwin Tunnicliff Fox '10, he grew tip in the N.Y.C.Long Island area and came…
Robert Charles Fox ’40
THE DEATH OF Bob Fox, from cancer, on Aug. 27, 1992 at Newport Beach, Calif., marks the loss of an engaging and wellliked 1940 figure…
Robert Lyle Rinehart ’40
RETIRED ARMY OFFICER Bob Rinehart died of cancer July 28, 1992, in Montgomery, Ala. Son of Robert E. Rinehart'04, he is Survived by his widow…
Walter Russell Sparks ’40
BRIGANIINE, NJ, RESIDENT Walt Sparks died June 30, 1992, at Atlantic City Hospital, after suffering a heart attack on the gulf Course. Classmate Bill Pugh…
Francis Grillet Harrison ’40
ON MAY 8, 1992, retired urologist Fran Harrison died at his Bryn Mawr, Penn., home. He came to Princeton from Lower Merion H.S., but left…
Charles Howard Kline ’40 *44
RETIRED CHEMICAL CONSULTANT Charlie Kline died at his Kinnelon, NJ., home Apr. 23, 1992. Originally from Pittsfield, Mass., Charlie earned a Princeton chemistry degree and…
Frederick Snowden Skinner ’40
RETIRED NEWSPAPER EDITOR Fred Skinner died May 2, 1992, in Vancouver, B.C., where he had lived for some 45 years. Coming to Princeton from Providence…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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