MEMORIALS
Donald Gordon MacDonald *48
Donald Gordon MacDonald died at his home in Washington, D.C., from esophageal cancer Jan. 12, 2004. He was 82. MacDonald was born in Chicago and…
Gilbert Post Von Totten ’46 *48
Gil died Mar. 8, 2002, of leukemia in East Tennessee, where he lived for 20 years on a horse ranch in a home that he…
Henry Schneider III ’37 *48
German language expert and lay preacher, Dutch Schneider died May 1, 1998, after a battle with lymphatic leukemia. He was buried in his reunion jacket…
Robert E. McGarrah *48
Robert E. McGarrah, emeritus professor of management at the U. of Massachusetts (Amherst) died July 8, 1995. He was a recognized authority on military spending…
Henry Carrington Stevens II ’41 *47
Steve died at home in West Chester, Pa., on May 9, 2002. Son of John M. Stevens '17, and great-great-grandson of Henry Carrington 1814, he…
William Frank McCombs ’45 *47
Bill died Oct. 8, 2006, in Dallas, Texas. Bill entered Princeton from Little Rock (Ark.) High School and joined Tower Club. His World War…
Virgil G. Hinshaw Jr. *45
Virgil G. Hinshaw Jr.. *45, professor emeritus of philosophy at Ohio State Univ., died July 22, 1995. He was 75. Born in LaGrange, Ill., and…
J. Gordon Stipe *45
J. GORDON STIPE Jr., aged 74, a professor of geophysics, died Mar. 17, 1988, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born…
Marshall C. Pease III *42
hemistry, June 3, 2001.
John Winslow French ’39 *42
John died Jan. 12, 1999, at Longboat Key, Fla., his retirement home since 1977. After graduation John became an instructor in psychology at Princeton while…
Elbert C. Herrick *42
Chemical Engineering, April 19, 2006
Charles Sumner Cummings II ’36 *40
Chuck died June 22, 2002, from complications of Parkinson's disease. He prepared at Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in physics, and was elected to…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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