MEMORIALS
John V. Ellicott Jr. ’51
John came to Princeton after graduating valedictorian from Landon School in Bethesda, Md. He was an economics major, graduated summa cum laude, and was elected…
Lawrence E. Oxley ’49
Larry died Nov. 18, 2023, just two weeks before his 96th birthday and five months after his wife, Marion, died. They were married for 70…
Peter B. Cannell ’49
Peter died Nov. 15, 2023, six months after celebrating his 97th birthday. Peter’s arrival at Princeton was delayed by his service in the U.S. Merchant…
Dennis Nemeschansky *84
Dennis died June 1, 2023, in Santa Clara, Calif., of glioblastoma. Born Dec. 21, 1955, in Helsinki, Finland, Dennis completed his undergraduate studies in physics…
David M. Eisenberg *82
David died of cancer May 27, 2017, in London at age 60. He was born in Portchester, N.Y. David earned a B.A. in Islamic studies…
Thomas G. Plate *69
Tom died of natural causes in Los Angeles, May 23, 2023. Born in New York May 17, 1944, he graduated from Amherst in 1966, and…
Roger W. Macqueen *65
Roger died of a neurocognitive disorder Jan. 30, 2024, in Calgary. He was born Nov. 5, 1935, in Toronto. At the University of Toronto, he…
Joseph W. Donohue Jr. *65
A theater historian, Joe died Dec. 11, 2023, in South Hadley, Mass., of complications of major surgery. Born Sept. 12, 1935, in Brookline, Mass., he…
Heber Carleton Godsey Jr. *63
Carleton died of cancer in Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 18, 2024. He was born in Tupelo, Miss., and was raised in Somerset, Ky. After graduating from…
Courtney S. Coleman *55
Courtney died Dec. 2, 2023, in La Verne, Calif., at age 93. Born in Ventura, Calif., he earned an undergraduate degree in math from Berkeley…
Vanessa I. Soto ’85
Vanessa died Aug. 2, 2023. She was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and came to Princeton from Academia Maria Reina. At Princeton…
Chris Collaros ’85
Chris died April 6, 2019. He attended Wintersville (Ohio) High School, where he excelled in sports and academics. At Princeton, he was a starting running…
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.
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