MEMORIALS
Robert Brookings Smith ’26
Bob died Dec. 30, 2002, at his home in Ladue, Mo. He was 99. Born in St. Louis, he prepared at Lawrenceville and while at…
William B. Nevius ’26
Bill died Aug. 1, 2003, at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community in Hightstown, N.J. He was 98. Born in East Orange, N.J., and a graduate of…
Lansdon Hebbard Bowen ’26
Lansdon died July 7, 2001, in Knoxville, Tenn. He prepared at the Columbus Academy and Andover, and after graduating from Princeton attended Harvard. It would…
Carroll Hardy Long ’26
It is with sadness that we report the death of Carroll, who died May 10, 2001. Carroll was an outstanding doctor who, as you remember…
William Draper Lewis Jr. ’26
We just received word of William's death in 2000. William lived in Blue Bell, Pa. At Princeton, he was a member of Court Club. Draper…
Edward Eugene Reilly ’26
Edward died on May 23, 2000. He left Princeton his freshman year and in 1926 graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown Law School with an…
Richard Teophile Schwartz ’26
It was only recently that we learned of Richard's death on Jan. 14, 1997. He retired as a consulting actuary. He was also a former…
Adolph William Schmidt ’26
The death of Dolph Schmidt concludes the career and life of one of our most noted members. After graduation he studied in France and Germany…
Orvel Sebring ’26
Orvel died on Dec. 20, 1999, of Parkinson's disease. He was born June 24, 1905. Though a resident of Pennsylvania since 1933, Orvel considered Florida…
Clarence Gunther ’26
Clarence Gunther died May 18, 1999. At Princeton he was active with the radio club. After graduation he married Margaret Bingham. He spent four years…
Francis Louis Handy ’26
Frank died Sept. 7, 1999, in Winter Park, Fla. Florida had been his home since 1979. Shortly after college, Frank started work in Pittsburgh, with…
Edmund H. Kase Jr. ’26 *33
Edmund Kase Jr. died in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 10,1999. After graduating from Princeton, he earned a master's and a PhD in classics. 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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