MEMORIALS
Richard Dickinson Smith ’27
Richard Dickinson Smith died July 24, 1995. Dick came to us from Woodbury Forest School. His father was Edgar Smith 1890. He majored in modern…
R. Marshall Truitt Jr. ’27
R. Marshall Truitt MD died Dec. 17, 1995, in Philadelphia after a long illness. Marshall prepared at Germantown Academy. At Princeton he was a member…
Hubert A. Royster Jr. ’27
Dr. Hubert A. "Peanut" Royster Jr. died at his house in Blue Hill, Maine, Dec. 22, 1995. He was born and raised in Raleigh, N.C…
Clement W. Perkins ’27
Clement W. Perkins died Nov. 24, 1995, at the General Hospital at Wilkes-Barre, Penn. Clem came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy and was a…
Robert W. Ballantine ’27
Robert W. Ballantine died Sept. 17, 1995, in Tucson, Ariz., after a long illness. Bob came to us from St. George's School, Newport, R.I., where…
John E. Damerel Jr. ’27
Jack Damerel died Aug. 12, 1995, in Richmond Convalescent Center. Jack came to us from Erasmus H.S. At Princeton he was polo manger and a…
Alexander B. Hawes ’27
Alec Hawes died July 31, 1995, at his summer home in Little Compton, R.I. His permanent home was in Washington, D.C. Alec came to us…
Henry H. Mayer ’27
Henry H. "Hank" Mayer, a lifelong resident of Erie, Penn., died July 14, 1995, at Forest View Skilled Care Center of Parkinson's disease. Born in…
Arthur M. Young ’27
Arthur M. Young died of cancer May 30, 1995, at his home in Berkeley. He came to us from the Haverford School, won the Class…
William L. Ruigh ’27 *32
DR. WILLIAM RUIGH DIED Mar. 20, 1994, at the Princeton Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, after a long illness. Born in Tokyo of missionary parents…
Nelson R. Burr ’27
Dr, Nelson R. "Nellie" Burr, our class historian, died Jan. 10, 1994, in West Hartford, Conn. He came to us from Hartford H.S., won a…
Darragh De Lancey Jr. ’27
DARRAGH DELANCEY DIED Dec. 22, 1994, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., after a long illness, which culminated in a heart attack. 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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