MEMORIALS
James A. Perkins *37
Distinguished educator and former president of Cornell U., James A. Perkins, died Aug. 18, 1998, in consequence to a recent fall. He was 86 and…
Allan C. Johnson *37
Educated as an architect, demonstrated to be a respected multiaptituder, Allan Johnson died June 19, 1998, in an auto accident near his home in San…
Francis Benjamin White ’36 *37
Frank died of a pulmonary embolism on Oct. 22, 1997. He prepared at Horace Mann in NYC. At Princeton, where he received his bachelor's and…
J. Lyndon Shanley ’32 *37
The class lost another eminent professor when Lyn Shanley died Oct. 22, 1996, at the Wagner Health Center in Evanston, Ill., after a long illness…
Craig R. Thompson *37
Craig R. Thompson, retired Felix E. Shelling Professor of English Literature at the U. of Pennsylvania, died Oct. 4, 1996. He was 85. Born in…
Jordan C. Churchill *37
JORDAN COMBES CHURCHILL, a veteran teacher of history, died Feb. 11, 1994. He got his undergraduate degree and his first master's from Amherst. In 1930…
Ahlborn Wheeler ’33 *37
BUD WHEELER died Oct. 1, 1992, in Duarte, Calif. Bud was born Nov. 10, 19 11, in Montclair, N.J. He prepared at Montclair H.S. In…
John W. Halderman *37
JOHN W. HALDERMAN, one of the company of "founding fathers" of the United Nations, died Aug. 1, 1989, at age 81. He was born in…
Maurice B. Cramer ’31 *37
ENGLISH LITERATURE MAJOR AND PROFESSOR, our classmate Maurice Cramer died Feb. 26, 1990, at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. At Princeton he majored in…
Israel Halperin *36
Israel Halperin, a brilliant mathematics professor who successfully faced down espionage charges in Canada in 1946 and 1947 during the Gouzenko Affair and became an…
Sol A. Segal *36
Economics, Dec. 11, 2003
John N. Seaman *36
Woodrow Wilson School, Sept. 9, 2002.
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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