MEMORIALS
Addison Clark Waid Jr. ’34
CLARK WAID, who retired in 1973 as manager of marketing research at the General Electric Co.'s Nela Park Lamp Division after 39 years, died Apr…
Loran Lajoie Elliott ’34
TEX ELLIOTT, after battling Parkinson's disease for 24 years, died Mar. 31, 1993, three days after his 81st birthday. He leaves his devoted wife, Helen…
Richard Jenkinson Skillman ’34
DICK SKILLMAN, a popular classmate remembered for his broad smile, deep voice, and gentle humor, died Mar. 13, 1993. A son of Thumas J. Skillman…
Thomas Fletcher Jr. ’34
TOM FLETCHER, who retired in 1958 as a colonel and commander of the first S.A.C. Air Force base at Marsh Field, Riverside, Calif., died two…
Robert Newton Gilmore Jr. ’34
BOB GILMORE, senior V.P. for legal affairs and general counsel for the American Insurance Assn., died of cancer Nov. 27, 1992, the day after Thanksgiving…
John Brackett Hersey ’34
BRACKETi HERSEY, one of the nation's leading oceanographers, died Nov. 4, 1992, after a long series of hospitalizations for multiple illnesses. He was a winner…
Daniel Tuttle Sylvester Hinman ’34
DAN HINMAN, Rhode Island attorney, Army major general, and memorable Prade marshal, died of cancer Nov. 7, 1992. Known to us variously as Deever Dan…
Arthur Henry Jones ’34
ART JONES, a Vermont State senator and member of the boards of the Univ. of Vermont, Vermont Educational TV, and the Vermont Lung Assn., died…
Walter Ludwig Rothschild Jr. ’34
WALTER ROTHSCHILD, a real estate mortgage broker in N.Y.C. for 45 years and former chairman of the Mortgage Committee of the Real Estate Board of…
Corning Pearson ’34
CORNY PEARSON, our Class treasurer for 15 years, reunion reporter for a dozen years, principal booster of the '34 Barn from the beginning, and devoted…
Alfred Donaldson Compton Jr. ’34
AL COMPTON, a retired pediatrician and resident of Kensington, Calif., died July 10, 1992, at the age of 79, Until his retirement, in 1982, he…
Amedee Cole Benoist Shields ’34
AMEDEE SHIELDS, as announced in the summer newsletter, died of cancer June 20, 1992. He worked for a variety of companies in St. Louis, including…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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