MEMORIALS
John David Schopp *54
JOHN DAVID SCHOPP 54, professor of astronomy at San Diego State Univ., died Nov. 9, 1988, at KaiserPermanente Hospital. He had sustained a severe heart…
John Murry Springfield *54
JOHN MURRY SPRINGFIELD *54, principal of Memphis Univ. School and faculty member of that institution for 31 years, died Aug. 8, 1989, at Baptist Hospital…
John Maxmillian Weis ’53 *54
Jack joined the Navy and literally saw the world during a notable 42-year career serving our country. He retired in 1983 as a captain, and…
Warren James Wittreich ’51 *54
Witt suffered a heart attack and died Oct. 3, 2005, in Bethlehem, Pa. At Princeton he majored in psychology, graduating summa cum laude and as…
Donald J. Martino *54
Donald Martino, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, died of cardiac arrest Dec. 8, 2005, aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. He was 74. Born in…
C. Fink Fischer *53
Aeronautical Engineering, Oct. 3, 2002
Ralph E. Close ’44 *53
Wally died Dec.13, 2005, in Florida. A scion of two longtime Princeton families, he was born in Lebanon, where his father, Harold Close '10, was…
Vasco J. Fenili *53
Woodrow Wilson School, May 6, 2005
S. Morton Cooley Jr. ’44 *53
One of four from our class to transfer to the Naval Academy near the start of World War II, Mort died Feb. 14, 2005, in…
Edwin R. Sherman, Jr. *53
Woodrow Wilson School, Feb. 26, 2005
Kenneth H. Zabriskie Jr. ’46 *53
Ken died Oct. 18, 2004. He came to Princeton from Ridgewood [N.J.] High School in 1942 to study chemical engineering. After Army service in the…
Donald Akira Yamada ’50 *53
Don died of pancreatic cancer Nov. 5, 2004, in San Jose, Calif. He was a generous man who lived his life with dignity and honor…
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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