MEMORIALS
George P. Armstrong ’31
George died May 17, 1997, at Vero Beach, Fla., and is survived by his wife, Jean. George was connected with the automobile business from the…
Lewis C. Cockefair ’31
Lewis Collier Cockefair died Dec. 5, 1995, in Dayton, Tenn. He was 89. Having prepared at Lawrenceville, Lewis entered Princeton with the Class of '31…
Clarence T. Daub ’31 *32
Clarence T. Daub died May 30, 1997, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. Ted, as his classmates knew him, was born in Mercersburg, Pa…
Ralph H. Edson ’31
Ralph died Sept. 26, 1996, after a brief illness. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton and received his medical degree from Cornell in 1935…
William H. Wells ’31
William H. Wells died Jan 30, 1997, in Morristown, N.J., following a very full life in his native Bordentown. He was 86. He prepared at…
Samuel H. Brethwaite Jr. ’31
Sam died Feb. 7, 1997, from congestive heart failure. Receiving his medical degree from John Hopkins, Sam practiced his profession for more than 40 years…
Herbert K. England Jr. ’31
Herbert K. England died July 17, 1996, in Raleigh, N.C., following a muchhonored career in New Jersey education. He was 87. Herb earned his master's…
Freeman Foote ’31
Freeman died Mar. 7, 1997, in his beloved Williamstown, Mass. His chosen life work was geology. At Princeton, Freeman was manager of the wrestling team…
Albert H. Jackman ’31
Albert H. Jackman died of cancer Jan. 3, 1997, in Concord, Mass. He was 88. Concord flew its flag at half mast in his honor…
Maurice Meyer Jr. ’31
Maurice died Feb. 19, 1997, in Elberon, N.J., where he served on the board of governors of the Jersey Shore Medical Center Foundation. Born in…
Albert H. Clayburgh ’31
Albert H. "Bill" Clayburgh, died at St. Luke's Hospital in New York, N.Y., on Feb. 6, 1997. He was 87. After graduation Bill was employed…
Leonard K. Firestone ’31
Leonard Firestone died at home in Pebble Beach, Calif., Dec. 24, 1996, of respiratory failure. He was 89. At The Hill School, where he prepared…
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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