MEMORIALS
Charles W. Root ’33
CHARIE ROOT died Mar. 27, 1991. He lived at Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., where he had practiced law for many years. Charlie was born Aug…
Gordon Summerfeldt ’33
GORDON SUMMERFELDT died May 8, 1991, in Tavernier, Fla. A funeral service was held May 12 at the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home in Princeton. Gordon was…
Charles P. Emerson ’33
CHARLES (BUD) EMERSON DIED Jan. 23, 1991, at Newton Wellesley Hospital. He lived in Wellesley Hills, Mass. A memorial service was held Jan. 28 at…
Donald P. Wilson ’33
DODO WILSON died Jan. 12, 1991, in Costa Mesa, Calif. Dodo was born Sept. 15,1909, in Hartford, Conn. He prepared at Andover. In college he…
Walter A. Compton ’33
WALT COMPTON, described by the N.Y. TIMES as "a doctor who rose to head Miles Laboratories," died in Elkhart, Ind., Oct. I 1, 1990. Walt…
John M. Dickey ’33 *35
JOHN DICKEY died at home in Westtown, Penn., Sept. 19, 1990. John was born Jan. 9, 1911, in Chicago. He lived in Germany and in…
John F. Kerkam ’33
JACK KERKAM, who retired to Sea Pines Plantation in Hilton Head, S.C., 19 years ago, died there Sept. 10, 1990. A service was held at…
Gustav E. Schmitt ’33
GUS SCHMITT, who had moved to Flagler Beach, Fla., some years ago, died there Oct. 19, 1990. Gus was born Nov. 25, 1911, in Passaic…
William H. Buffum ’33 *34
BILL BUFFUM, who had been living in a nursing home in Arnold, Md., died may 28,1990. Bill was born Aug. 10, 1910, in Swansea, Mass…
Harry Tipper Jr. ’33
HARRY TIPPER, who had lived at Siasconset, Mass., on Nantucket, for a number of years, died there June 6, 1990. Harry was born Nov. 10…
Ellwood W. Godfrey ’33
ELLWOOD GODFREY died in Vero Beach, Fla., June 12, 1990. Ellwood was born July 17,1910, in Ambler, Penn, He prepared at Lawrenceville. In college Ellwood…
Lucius H. Bingham Jr. ’33
LOU BINGHAM, who had moved to Honolulu many years ago, died there May 19, 1990. A memorial service was held at the Atherton Chapel. Lou…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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