MEMORIALS
Winfield L. Butsch ’26
WE LOST Win Butsch on Oct. 24, 1989, when he died following a series of strokes. He was a prominent surgeon in Buffalo, N.Y., and…
John T. Koehler ’26
JACK KOEHLER, a former assistant secretary of the Navy, died of cancer at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., on Sept. 23, 1989. Jack, a…
Walter H. Saunders Jr. ’26
WALTER SAUNDERS, noted as an expert in the field of ship financing, died on July 3, 1989, at the age of 83. Walt joined the…
Louis D. Simonds Jr. ’26
LOUIS SIMONDS, a lifelong resident of Charleston, S.C., died at his home there on June 10, 1989, after a long bout with cancer. He was…
Frank B. Off Jr. ’26
FRANK OFF, who was well known among professional growers of orchids, died on Sept. 3, 1989, at his home in Somers Point, N.J. He prepared…
Ned Bass Tilt ’26
Ned Tilt died at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif., on July 2, 1989, at the age of 86. For several years, Ned suffered from…
Duffield Hamilton ’26
Duff Hamilton died in White Plains (New York) Hospital on May 29, 1989, after a brief illness. He was 84. He served as chairman of…
John King Jenney ’25
John died Sept. 3, 2005, just two days shy of his 101st birthday, in Kennett Square, Pa. Reportedly a Phi Beta Kappa, John prepared for…
George Frost Kennan ’25
Diplomat and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian George F. Kennan, who gave the name "containment" to post-World War II foreign policy, died March 17…
William M. Larrabee ’25
Businessman, environmentalist, and retired executive of AT&T, William M. Larrabee died Aug. 31, 2000, at Fairfax, Va. He was 97. William was a longtime resident…
Horace H. Wilson ’25
Hank Wilson died June 23, 2000, in Carmel, Calif. He was 95. His career was in life insurance, starting with his father's General Agency for…
H. Walker H. Lewis ’25
Walker Lewis, who died May 19, 1999, was born in Hoboken, N.J., in 1903. He was directly descended from Fielding Lewis, the husband of George…
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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