MEMORIALS
Colwell Carey ’38 *39
COLWELL CAREY, known to most of us as Jack, died suddenly, Apr. 7, 1993, after a brief illness. A professional mechanical engineer, he retired from…
James Clark Streett Jr. ’36 *39
JIM DIED on June 28, 1989, in Ft. Worth, Tex., where he had lived for 48 years. He was born on Aug. 13, 1913, in…
James Carson Webster ’29 *39
Carson died on Feb. 15, 1989. He prepared for Princeton at the Cedarville School. After our graduation, he spent two summers studying at the Sorbonne…
William O. Baker *39
William O. Baker *39, a prominent scientist and emeritus trustee, died Oct. 31, 2005, in Chatham, N.J., of heart failure. He was 90. Baker grew…
Richard L. Seggel ’36 *38
Dick died May 18, 2005. He was 91. He prepared at the Peddie School. At Princeton he received a bachelor's in history and a master's…
John F. Woodman *38
John F. Woodman died Oct. 12, 2002, in Auburn, Maine. He was 89. Born in New Hampshire, John excelled early in school, winning the Dartmouth…
John C. Bierer *38
Geology, May 16, 2002
A. Bayard Dod Jr. ’36 *38
By, of Apple Valley, Calif., died May 1, 2002. He prepared at the Hun School and Carteret Academy. At Princeton he majored in electrical engineering…
Robert George Adamson ’37 *38
Bob died Sept. 24, 2001, from complications of diabetes, at home in Haverford, Pa. He prepared at Germantown HS and graduated magna cum laude in…
G. Kidder E. Smith ’35 *38
Few men attain the stature in their elected fields that was reached by the classmate known affectionately as Geks. A graduate of Princeton's School of…
Philip D. Slater *38
Philip D. Slater died July 26, 1995, at Nyack Hospital in Nyack N.Y. He was 79. At the time of his death he was undergoing…
James S. Armentrout Jr. ’35 *38
JIM ARMENTROUT DIED at home after a brief illness Aug. 13, 1993. He passed away quickly, after having spent time with his family, in familiar…
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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