MEMORIALS
Franklin F. Trunkey ’26
FRANK TRUNKEY, former business and civic leader of Spokane, Wash., died Nov. 5, 1990, in Alhambra, Calif., where he had lived the last two years…
Alan F. Lukens ’26
AL LUKENS, for many years a resident of Schenectady, N.Y., but more recently of Calif., died June 17, 1990, of pneumonia at London House, Santa…
Dan Harrington Hill ’26
DAN HILL died July 27, 1990, an Alzheimer's victim for more than two years, He came to Princeton from Exeter, the son of Walter B…
Edgar P. Houpt ’26
WE RECORD with regret the death of Ned Houpt Nov. 16, 1990, of pneumonia, in Southampton, Long Island, Hospital. Ned was a quiet member of'26…
George Frederick Blackburn ’26
FRED BLACKBURN, mathematician and outdoorsman, died in his sleep at a nursing home near Bethesda, Md., Oct. 5, 1990, at age 88. At Princeton Fred…
Theodore B. Bird ’26
TED BIRD of the Scranton area, Penn., died Aug. 22, 1990, at age 86, in college Ted was a member of Elm Club. Following graduation…
Julian Civighton ’26
JULIAN CREIGHTON was, above all else, a scholar. He studied at Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. He spent 26 years in the N.Y. State Architect's office…
Robert J. Smythe ’26
BOB SMYTHE died in his home in Westfield, NJ., May 22, 1990, a victim of emphysema, Although very active in his career, Bob was always…
George R. Beach ’26
GEORGE BEACH, prominent resident of Lake Forest, Ill., and of the Hot Springs, Va. area, and a loyal and generous Princetonian, died of a heart…
Charles W. Wendt ’26
CHARLIE WENDT, a pioneer in the development of commercial aviation, died of cancer May 7, 1990, in Sarasota, Fla. Although Charlie left Princeton to enter…
Richard H. Bennett ’26
DICK BENNETT died May 18, 1990, at the Community Hospital in Montclair, NJ., after a short illness. Dick was always a loyal member of '26…
Richard Edie ’26
DICK EDIE, longtime resident of Yonkers, N.Y., died on Dec. 27,1989 at Devon Manor, a retirement community in Devon, Penn., a victim for more than…
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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