MEMORIALS
Ray M. Clapp Jr. ’82
Ray died Dec. 24, 2021. He was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where both his parents were schoolteachers, and attended Alamo Heights High…
Mark A. Basham ’82
Mark died in the arms of his children on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, after a short illness. Mark came to Princeton from Santa Fe…
Martin Pensak ’78
We learned belatedly of Martin’s unexpected passing Oct. 13, 2022, at home in North Carolina. Martin grew up in Princeton, in a family comfortable with…
Maymay Quey Lin ’76
Maymay died Nov. 2, 2023, in New York after a long illness. A native New Yorker, she came to Princeton after graduating from Washington Irving…
Douglas B. Lee ’75
Doug died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Boulder, Colo., on May 29, 2023, leaving a career as an author, editor, filmmaker, and storyteller of…
Coline E. Covington ’75
Coline, called “Kitty,” died of brain cancer on July 17, 2023, in London, the United Kingdom, where she had practiced as a Jungian analyst for…
Robert Gregory Plimpton ’73
Greg died Dec. 4, 2023, after a short illness. Born in Leominster, Mass., Greg grew up in North Palm Beach, Fla., graduating from Riviera Beach…
Richard B. Hamilton Jr. ’73
Richard died Sept. 2, 2023, in Harrison, N.Y. Richard, or “Richie” as he was called by his three sisters, was born in New York City…
Sharon Alve Davis ’73
Sharon died Sept. 1, 2023, in Houston of ovarian cancer. She was born in Spencer, N.Y., in a Finnish-American community. She attended Spencer-Van Etten High…
P. Michael Kozma ’71
We lost a dedicated journalist and family man when Mike died May 21, 2023, in North Carolina of esophageal cancer. Mike came to Princeton from…
Jonathan H. Stein ’70
Jon, who embodied the technical skills of medicine combined with the generosity of teaching, died March 17, 2023, of kidney failure in Tequesta, Fla. Jon…
Richard S. Springer ’70
Dick died April 9, 2023, following a massive heart attack. His life after Princeton could have been predicted with considerable accuracy by many of us…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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November 2026
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