MEMORIALS
Howard Ruben Bloch *64
Economics, Jan. 25, 2000
Alexander Griswold Kirby Jr. *64
ALEXANDER GRISWOLD KIRBY, age 55, died Oct. 3, 1989. He was born in Louisville on May 14, 1934. As the son of a military family…
Peter K. Takayama *64
Sociology and Anthropology, April 19, 2005
Walter C. Benzing *64
WALTER C. BENZING *64, age 63, pioneer in the field of semiconductors, died Nov. 2,1987, at his home in Saratoga, Calif. Born in N.Y.C., Dr…
David L. Bowler *64
Electrical Engineering, Dec. 22, 2005
James A. White *63
Mechanical Engineering, Oct. 3, 2005
Bennett David Hill ’56 *63
Ben, a native of Baltimore and a resident of Doylestown, Pa., died Feb. 26, 2005. Ben came to Princeton from Central High School in Philadelphia…
Harold H. Haak *63
Harold Haak, leader of universities, died Dec. 26, 2003, in Fresno, Calif., from an apparent allergic reaction to medicine. He was 68. Born in Madison…
Robert Nozick *63
Robert Nozick died of stomach cancer on Jan. 23, 2002, in Cambridge, Mass. He was 63. Nozick, one of the nation's most influential philosophers, was…
Michael Stuart Wurmfeld ’61 *63
We lost Mike to cancer on July 16, 2000, after a long and courageous struggle. Born and raised in NYC, he came to us from…
Craig Gary Smith ’58 *63
Craig died on Mar. 18, 2000, of emphysema. He came to Princeton from Oak Park, Ill. As an undergraduate, Craig's interests included swimming, WPRB, and…
Joseph Albert Biesenberger *63
Joseph A. Biesenberger, professor of chemical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., died Jan. 5, 1998, after a long battle with cancer…
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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