MEMORIALS
William Langstaff Crow ’33
Bill Crow died Nov. 29, 1996, after an extended illness. He grew up in Rye, N.Y., and prepared for Princeton at Hotchkiss. In college he…
Reuben Moores Morriss Jr. ’33
Rube Morriss died Sept. 9, 1996. He grew up in St. Louis and Chicago and came to Princeton from Lawrenceville. He was a swimmer, played…
Henry John Oechler ’33
Hank Oechler died Nov. 12, 1996, at New York Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had suffered a stroke 10 days before. He was 84…
Eugene Roland Hack ’33
Gene died Jan. 28, 1997, at his home in Weston, Conn. He was 88. Gene was born in NYC and grew up in New Rochelle…
Wilbert Joseph Shinn ’33
Joe Shinn died in Easton, Md., Oct. 16, 1996, two days after his 86th birthday. He lived in Princeton for many years, graduated from Princeton…
Edward Strong Wilson ’33
Ed Wilson died peacefully at his home in Columbia Cross Roads, Pa., Aug. 20, 1996, after a long bout with cancer. He was born in…
Robert Whitsett Van De Velde ’33 *54
Bob van de Velde died Sept. 17,1996 in Cornwall, Vt. He was 84. Bob was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and grew up in Madison, N.J…
James Fluckey Snowden ’33
Jim died on June 18, 1996. He was 85. He had been in poor health for some time and was living in a nursing home…
Harold Sydney Edwards Jr. ’33
Hal Edwards died June 4, 1996. He had been an invalid for seven years as a result of a stroke, but he retained an unfailing…
Arthur Vincent Meigs ’33
Art died of complications related to a stroke on Aug. 9, 1996. He had lived for many years in Washington, D.C., and was a good…
Don Cargos Travis ’33
Don Travis died Mar. 1, 1996, in Austin, Tex., where he had lived for many years. His eyesight and his hearing had both been in…
Louis Reik E. Md ’33
Louie died at the Medical Center in Princeton on Mar. 26, 1996. He was 89. When he came to college he lived in Lansdale, Pa…
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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