MEMORIALS
William Henry Franklin ’31
William H. Franklin, called the "financial brain of Caterpillar, Inc.," died in his sleep at a nursing home in Peoria, Ill., Sept. 14, 1995. He…
G. Everett Bond ’31
G. Everett Bond, who marketed Chap Stick to the Army during WWII, and hence around the world, died in Lynchburg, Va., July 27, 1995. He…
George H. Gardner ’31 *61
GEORGE HENRY GARDNER DIED Feb. 20, 1994. He was 84. Born in Colorado, he prepared at Mercersburg. After Princeton, he got a divinity degree from…
Edward R. Duer Jr. ’31
Edward R. Duer, having battled three successive strokes, died Nov. 5, 1994, in Salt Lake City. Born in N.Y.C., he prepared at St. Mark's. At…
Laurence C. Ward ’31
Laurence C. Ward died June 17, 1995, in Vero Beach, Fla., at Indian River Memorial Hospital after a series of serious problems. Born in Newark…
Gordon V. Bond ’31
GREAT SCOT BOB BOND died Feb. 10, 1994, at his home in Williamsburg, Va. He moved there in 1978 from Fayetteville, N.Y., where he had…
Copeland Morton Jr. ’31
COPELAND MORTON JR. died Feb. 13, 1994, at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications after surgery. Copie came to Princeton from Calvert and Gilman Schools, and…
John P. Nash ’31
JOHN NASH DIED at home Mar. 8, 1994. At Princeton, he played in the orchestra and band, becoming band leader his senior year. He also…
Holmes Thomson Bennett ’31
HOLMES T. BENNETT ("Trix" to us) died Nov. 19, 1993, in Delray Beach, Fla., having moved there from Bayside, Wisc., when he retired in 1970…
Hugh C. Forbes Jr. ’31
WE HAVE LOST a songbird with the death on Oct. 12, 1993, of Hugh Forbes, who sang in our choir and glee club, and led…
William A. Walker ’31
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WALKER died Nov. 20, 1993, in Hilton Head, where he moved from Grosse Point Park Mich., when he retired in 1976. Born Nov…
Edward Oneil ’31
EDDIE O'NEIL died Oct. 3, 1993, in Sewickley and his widow, Lydia, died Oct. 5. Eddie came to Princeton from Andover. At Princeton, he was…
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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