MEMORIALS
Donald Chessman Beere ’38 *48
Fittingly, Don was born May 19, 1916, in West Point, N.Y., son of a USMA Field Artillery lieutenant colonel. Our classmate died in his retirement…
Wesley E. Brittin *48
Physics, Aug. 1, 2006
Frederick S. Porter Jr. *48
Aeronautical Engineering, March 1983
William C. Pritchard *48
Nuclear Science, March 27, 1991
Daniel Bershader *48
Daniel Bershader, a professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics at Leland Stanford Univ. and a pioneer in the study of supersonic flight, died May 30…
William George Mollenkopf *48
WILLIAM GEORGE MOLLENKOPF, psychologist and personnel administration specialist, at the age of 75, died Sept. 17, 1992. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., Dr. Mollenkopf earned, with…
Robert Osborn Jr. ’44 *48
BOB OSBORN died June 5, 1992, following a yearlong illness. His wife, Patricia jean Norman, preceded him in death in May 1987. He is survived…
Edward L Fireman *48
EDWARD L. FIREMAN 148, a physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Cambridge, Mass.) and a recognized authority on analysis and dating of extraterrestrial materials, died…
William Allen Gilroy Jr. ’40 *47
Bill died in Fort Lauderdale Aug. 6, 2007. The Miami Herald described Bill as “a very fine man and an outstanding architect” who was known…
John W. Huizenga *47
History, Nov. 12, 2005
Stanislav J. Kriz *47
Geology, March 31, 2000
Arthur Root *47
Economics, Sept. 7, 2004
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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