MEMORIALS
Harold Massie Jones ’30
HAROLD DIED after a lengthy illness Sept. 9, 1990, in Richmond, Va. He had attended major reunions consistently and had reservations for our 60th but…
Edwin Allen Lightner ’30
AL LIGHTNER died Sept. 15, 1990 in Belfast, Me. With his death the nation lost a distinguished Foreign Service officer and the Class lost one…
William Louis Johnston ’30
BILL DIED July 21, 1990, at the Heritage Convalescent Center in Atlanta, Ga., after an extended illness. Bill prepared at Columbus Academy, Oh. At Princeton…
Frank Harris Johnson ’30 *36
FRANK JOHNSON died in Princeton Sept. 22, 1990, of complications following a stroke. At the time of his death he was prof. emeritus of biology…
John Hanlilton Thatcher Jr. ’30
JOHN THATCHER died in Santa Barbara, Calif., Sept. 10, 1990, after a sudden heart attack. He had moved to Santa Barbara from San Francisco in…
Kenneth P. Wilson ’30 *33
KEN WILSON died Sept. 1, 1990, in the Monroe Village Health Center in Jamesburg, NJ. Ken came to Princeton from Exeter. At Princeton he roomed…
Lytle Graeff Chambcrs ’30
"LYTE" DIED unexpectedly at his home in Brooklyn Heights Apr. 14, 1990. A memorial service was held at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn Apr…
George Bernard Sour ’30
GEORGE SOUR died June 27, 1990, at the Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., after a long illness. George came to Princeton from the…
John Baker ’30
JOHN, SOMETIMES KNOWN as 'J.B." or "Jess," died after a brief illness in Woodside, Calif. John grew up in Denver, Colo., and spent much of…
Austen Leonard Miller ’30
Aus Miller died suddenly not far from his residence at the Boca Teef Apts. in Boca Raton, Fla., just three days before his 81st birthday…
Nelson Whitaker Wagner ’30
NELSON DIED on Oct. 19, 1989, in his hometown of Wheeling, W.V. He came to Princeton from Lawrence¬ville, where he starred on the track team…
George Guyton Carkener ’30
GUYTON DIED unexpectedly at a Tampa, Fla. hospital on Mar. 10, 1990, after what had been classified as a minor surgical procedure. Kansas City 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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