MEMORIALS
Wendy Hawthorne ’88
Wendy died May 10, 2025, in Denver after a brief battle with aggressive reproductive cancer. Coming to Princeton from Ridgewood, N.J., Wendy majored in civil…
Betsy Lampert Minkin ’77
Betsy died Dec. 23, 2025, of lymphoma at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Born May 27, 1955, she majored in economics at Princeton…
William Randall McDonnell ’74
Randy died Feb. 23, 2026. He graduated from St. Louis Country Day School and earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering with honors at…
Gordon W. Dowds ’74
Gordon died Feb. 22, 2026, in Las Vegas at the age of 73. After Princeton, he earned a medical degree from New York Medical College…
Patrick J. Niedermeyer ’73
Pat died March 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. He was 75. Born in St. Louis, Pat attended St. Louis Priory…
Thomas G. Gallatin Jr. ’73
Tom was born in Manhasset, N.Y. He attended the Brooks School and then followed his father, Thomas Gallatin Sr. ’37 to Princeton. At Princeton, Tom…
Steele W. Filipek ’73
Steele died March 18, 2026, at home in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was 75. Born in Pittsburgh, he attended Peabody High School. His junior year he…
David L. Huber ’70
One of our most influential communicators, Dave died of prolonged cardiovascular disease Sept. 14, 2024. He came to us from Belleville, Ill. (a lifelong Cardinals…
Timothy Garven ’70
Our multitalented classmate Tim died Nov. 30, 2025, after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. One of seven siblings, Tim came to Princeton…
Kurt R. Fredland ’70
A shining example of those who made great use of a Princeton economics education in the real world, Kurt died at his Texas lake house…
Robert S. Mueller III ’66
Bob died March 20, 2026. He graduated from St. Paul’s, where he was captain of the soccer, hockey, and lacrosse teams. At Princeton, he majored…
James F. Card ’65
Jim died March 16, 2026, in Endicott, N.Y. He was a 1961 graduate of Vestal High School and the student government president. At Princeton, he…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
November 2026
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