MEMORIALS
George Morton Payne Jr. ’30 *33
George Morton Payne Jr. of Mission Hills, Kans., died Apr. 29, 1998, at his home. He was 88. George was born June 22, 1909, in…
Elliot Rodgers Coyle ’30
Elliot Rodgers Coyle, a longtime resident of Sewickley, Pa., died at his home, Jan. 4, 1998, in his sleep. He was 88. He was born…
Charles Oechler ’30
Charles "Fish" Oechler died Apr. 29, 1998. Born in NYC July 15, 1909, he came to Princeton from Lawrenceville and was a member of Charter…
William C. Clark ’30
William C. Clark died on Oct. 13, 1997, of congestive heart failure. He came to Princeton from Boys H.S. in Brooklyn. An economics major, he…
Gilbert Fitzhugh ’30
Gilbert Fitzhugh died Dec. 29, 1997, at Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, N.J. He had been ailing for several years. For 10 years (1963-73) he headed…
Robert L. Churchill ’30 *31
Robert L. Churchill, Eastman executive and former president of Eastman Chemical Products Inc., died Sept. 16, 1997, in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 89. Robert was…
Burton L. Curry ’30 *33
Burton L. Curry died Oct. 4, 1997, in Vero Beach, Fla., where he had lived for six years. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on…
Donald M. Ditmars ’30 *31
Donald M. Ditmars died at Easton [Pa.] Hospital, July 12, 1997. He was 89. Born in Trenton, he lived in Pennington since 1942. Donald was…
James H. Maroney ’30
Dr. James "Pat" Maroney died July 23, 1997, at the Morristown Memorial Hospital. He came to Princeton from Lawrenceville, participated in football and track, and…
Horton Oneil ’30
Horton O'Neil died Apr. 9, 1997, in Greenwich, Conn. Before entering Princeton he spent two years excavating Roman and Carthaginian ruins at Tunis in North…
Matt Taylor ’30
Matt Taylor, of Waynesville, N.C., died May 2, 1997. He was 88. A native of Kenosha, Wis., he prepared at the Taft School and was…
Thomas Ward Miles ’30
Tom was born June 21, 1907, in Carteret, N.J., and died Apr. 9, 1997. He prepared at the Pingry School in Elizabeth. At Princeton he…
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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