MEMORIALS
Robert W. Ayers *49
English, Dec. 16, 2003
John M. Rausch Jr. *49
Chemical Engineering, July 18, 2003
Phillip E. Everett *49
Aeronautical Engineering, Aug. 2, 2004
George Gorin *49
Chemistry, March 22, 2004
John Drake Hoffman *49
John D. Hoffman, a materials engineer, died Feb. 21, 2004, in Washington, D.C., of congestive heart failure. He was 81. Hoffman earned his undergraduate degree…
Lawrence James Wathen Jr. *49
Lawrence James Wathen died May 12, 2003, after a brief illness. He was 93. Born in Dallas, Tex., Wathen earned bachelor's and master's degrees from…
William Owings Burwell ’42 *49
Bill died Aug. 6, 2003, in Savannah. Born in Seattle, he prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Princeton with honors in architecture. He…
Nathaniel Burt ’36 *49
Nat died July 1, 2003; he was 89. A longtime Princeton resident, he was a noted composer, poet, author, and lecturer. A graduate of St…
Charles Edward Shain ’36 *49
Charlie died Apr. 13, 2003; he was 87. At Princeton he majored in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of…
Owen E. Ringwald *49
Chemistry, Jan. 22, 2003
Simeon F. Moss *49
Simeon F. Moss, a longtime resident and community leader in Princeton, died April 29, 2007. He was 87. In 1941, Moss graduated from Rutgers University…
Irving E. Alexander *49
Irving E. Alexander, an emeritus professor of psychology at Duke University, died Jan. 3, 2007, of a heart attack. He was 84. At Duke, Alexander…
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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