C.A. Philippe Von Hemert ’44

Phil died July 6, 2012, in a hospital near his home in Friendship, Maine.

He graduated from St. Mark’s School. At Princeton he roomed with Ted Meth, and later with Paul Windels and Jay Madeira. He was active in crew and served as business manager of the Princeton Engineer. He majored in chemical engineering.

After three years of Navy service as an engineer, he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1947 and had a 34-year career with the Pennwalt Corp. before retiring in 1981.

He married Edith Bancroft in 1944, and they had three sons.

Phil was active as a church vestryman. He was a member of VFW Post 3095 and the New York State Society of the Cincinnati and was honored as the Cincinnatus of the Year in 2010. He attended every major Princeton reunion except the 10th.

Edith died in 2001. Phil married Mary Edge in 2004, who survives him, as do his sons Philippe, David, and Peter; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.