MEMORIALS
Ransom E. Noble ’32
Ransom E. Noble died May 8, 1999, in Ridgewood, N.J. He is survived by two sons, Richard A. and James R., and a daughter, Jean…
Ross W. Thompson ’32
Ross Thompson died Nov. 3, 1997. He prepared at Mercersburg. After graduating from college, he went to the U. of Pittsburgh Law School and then…
Lee L. Blyler ’32 *33
Lee Landis Blyler died Mar. 27, 1999, of lung cancer at his home in Cape Coral, Fla. Lee studied chemical engineering in college. In 1933…
Jere Williams Lord Jr. ’32
The class has lost one of its most distinguished members. Jere Lord died Apr. 20, 1999, at his home in Bedford, N.Y. Jere prepared at…
Thomas P. Cook ’32
Tom Cook died Mar. 18, 1999, at Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa., peacefully, with his family at his bedside. "Country lawyer, public servant, and inhabitant…
Louis C. Green ’32 *37
Lou Green died Apr. 10, 1999, at the Quadrangle at Haverford College. He was 88. Lou earned undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees from Princeton in…
John F. Neary Jr. ’32
Jack Neary died Jan. 8, 1999. At Princeton, he was a member of Elm Club, captain of the fencing team, and on the pistol team…
Daniel M. Ricker Jr. ’32
Daniel M. Ricker Jr. died Mar. 16, 1999, in Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa. He was 89. Daniel prepared at Mercersburg Academy. He…
Eric Kocher ’32
Eric died Jan. 2, 1999, from heart failure at his home on Long Island's North Shore. He had a distinguished career as a Foreign Service…
Edgar M. Lucas ’32
Ed Lucas died Jan. 30, 1999, of cancer at the Blakehurst Life Care Community in Towson, Md. After leaving Princeton, Ed attended Johns Hopkins for…
Joseph L. T. Nicholson ’32
Joe Nicholson died Jan. 31, 1999, at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square, Pa. Joe earned his medical degree at the U. of Pennsylvania, where he…
Kenneth W. Gemmill ’32
A nationally recognized tax lawyer, Ken died Dec. 11, 1998, at his longtime home in Jamison, Pa., after several years of disability resulting from a…
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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