MEMORIALS
Albert Covolo ’30 *31
AL COVOLO, the oldest member of our Class, died in New York on May 14, 1992. Al was born in St. Gall, Switzerland, but his…
Philip Martin Ham ’30 *31
PHIL DIED after a long illness Jan. 24, 1991, in the Winthrop Manor Nursing Home in Rome, Ga. He came to the Class via the…
William Robbins Ridington ’30 *31
BILL DIED Dec. 18, 1990, in a nursing home in Belfast, Me., near the home of his daughter, jean. At Princeton he was active in…
Constantine Kaysar Zurayk *30
Oriental Languages and Literature, Aug. 12, 2000
Donald Charles Archibald *30
Physics, Jan. 18, 2000
John B. Corser Jr. ’27 *30
Jack was born in Scranton, Pa., the son of John Bliss Corser 1896. He died in his sleep on Mar. 19, 2000. Jack prepared at…
Loris S. Russell *30
Mayflower descendant Loris Shano Russell, distinguished geologist, paleobiologist, museum curator, and scientific author died July 6, 1998. He was 95. He was residing in the…
William King Murray ’29 *30
King died Nov. 3, 1997, after some years in a nursing home. He prepared for college at Flushing H.S. At Princeton he roomed with Harry…
Blair Birdsall ’29 *30
Blair died June 25, 1997. He prepared at Barringer H.S. and Blair Academy. At Princeton he played freshman and scrub football, was secretary of the…
Monroe Taylor Gilmore *30
MONROE TAYLOR GILMORE, beloved physician and civic leader, died July 5, 1992, at the age of 83. Dr. Gilmore, born in Richmond, Va., was a…
John Windsor Persse Jr. ’28 *30
JOHN PERSSE (tied in Hamden, Conn., on Feb. 1, 1992. For three years he had been in the Medical Unit of Whitney Center with a…
George E. Sweazey *30
GEORGE E. SWEAZEY, retired Patton Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary, died Jan. 23, 1992, at age 86. A native of Salt Lake City…
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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