MEMORIALS
Edward Joseph Posselius Jr. ’41 *42
Ed died Nov. 19 at his home in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Coming from the U. of Detroit H.S., he majored in chemical engineering at…
Carter Harman ’40 *42
"Composer, Music Critic, and Record Producer Dies" was The New York Times headline that noted Carter's death Jan. 23, 2007, in Stowe, Vt. He prepared…
James Ward Smith ’38 *42
James Ward Smith '38 *42 died from emphysema on September 26, at the Medical Center at Princeton. He was 82. A political philosopher known for…
Donald E. Barnes *42
English, Nov. 14, 2005
George R. Collins ’39 *42
DISTINGLJISHED ART HISTORIAN and enthusiastic and inspiring professor of art history at Columbia for 40 years, George died Jan. 5, 1993, at the Falmouth, Mass…
Charles Crawford Irvine ’38 *42
CRAWF IRVINE died June 23, 1992, in Issaquah, Wash., where he had moved in 1985, a few years after retirement, to be near family. He…
Donald Whitehouse Curtis *42
DONALD WHITEHOUSE CURTIS *42, senior economist with the Treasury in Washington, D.C., died of leukemia in Sibley Memorial Hospital Oct. 25, 1989. He was 71…
Paco Axel Lagerstrom *42
PACO AXEL LAGERSTROM *42, professor emeritus of applied mathematics at Calif. Inst. of Technology, died Feb. 16, 1989, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. He…
Yardley Beers *41
Physics, Oct. 1, 2005
William B. Bain *41
English, March 7, 2005
John W. Forsyth *41
At the age of 91, John Wiley Forsyth died Oct. 7, 2004, from a fall at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. The first in…
Albert C. Dambrun *41
Economics, May 18, 2003
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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