MEMORIALS
Keith J. Laidler *40
Chemistry, Aug. 26, 2003.
Thomas B. Irving *40
Oriental Languages and Literature, Sept. 24, 2002
John Adams Francis Taylor ’36 *40
John died Apr. 15, 1996, in Okemos, Mich. He was 80. He entered Princeton at the age of 16, majored in philosophy, and was elected…
George Woodthorp Shepherd Jr. ’39 *40
George died suddenly Jan. 30, 2007, at a hospital near his home in Fair Lawn, N.J. After graduating with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, George…
Thomas Burns Fifield ’37 *40
Tom died in Janesville, Wis., Feb. 9, 2007. Before Princeton, he graduated from Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, where he was a class officer and…
John Harvey Wills *40
Economics, Aug. 31, 2000
Max Perrot *40
Biology, Sept. 4, 2000
Chester H. Philips ’37 *40
Noted architect and many-campaigned WWII veteran-ending up a lt. col.-Chet died May 14, 2000. His first wife, Doris, died in 1989, and he left wife…
Carlisle Moore ’33 *40
Carl died Feb. 1, 1998, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a specialist in Victorian and modern literature at…
Frederic Rosengarten Jr. ’38 *40
Fritz Rosengarten died May 9, 1998, after a short illness in Palm Beach, Fla. At Princeton he graduated with honors in modern languages and was…
William Kemper Elliot ’38 *40
Bill Elliot died Dec. 24, 1997, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He had been ill for several months. Bill never married and his closest surviving relatives are…
Robert Ballentine ’37 *40
Highly honored Johns Hopkins U. biology professor and recipient of many fellowships, Bob Ballentine died of acute leukemia Jan. 17, 1998, survived by his wife…
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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