MEMORIALS
Herbert E. Cragin, Jr. ’33 *34
Herb died Feb. 16, 2006, just short of his 95th birthday, after several years of declining health. He earned a bachelor's in civil engineering and…
Joel Benjamin Johnson ’32
Joel Benjamin Johnson of Newfane, Vt., died peacefully July 8, 2007, in Townshend, Vt. He was 97. Born in Kuling, China, Joel grew up with…
Francis Fisher Hart ’32
Fran Hart died Oct. 13, 2005. He was 96. He prepared at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. At Princeton he was in Ivy Club…
David R. Blossom ’32
Dave Blossom, 95, of Kiantone, N.Y., died Sept. 17, 2005, after a short illness. He prepared at Salisbury School. His late brother, Warren Blossom, was…
Willard Carter Goodpasture ’32
Carter died July 10, 2005. He grew up in Chicago, Ill., and received a full scholarship to attend Princeton. He was on the basketball team…
Peter Standish Paine ’32
Peter died Oct. 26, 2004, peacefully at home. He prepared at Kent School and graduated from Princeton in 1932. Freshman year he roomed with Doug…
James Hustead Semans ’32
Jim died April 21, 2005. He prepared at the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, Jim was a member of the Glee Club, orchestra, and Cannon Club…
John Austin Wyckliffe Woody ’32
Austin died Jan. 2, 2005, in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C.. He was 93 and a resident of Tryon Estates in Columbus. After graduating…
Hilbert S. Sabin ’32
Hib, a retired urologist who had a private practice in Washington, D.C., before becoming assistant chief of surgery for the Veterans Administration, died Dec. 28…
Roger H. Bettys ’32
Rog died Sept. 1, 2004, in Chestnut Hill [Pa.] Rehabilitation Hospital. He was 94 and was preceded in death by his wife of more than…
Eldridge Johnson Freeman ’32
El died Nov. 6, 2004. He was 93. He prepared at Haverford [Pa.] School. At Princeton he was on the gym team his first three…
Lewis Van Halow Dusen Jr. ’32
Lew, a giant in a class with a number of giants, who regarded civic duty as an obligation, died Nov. 15, 2004. He was 93…
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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