MEMORIALS
Edward W. Samson *32
EDWARD W. SAMSON *32, physicist, inventor, philosopher, man of faith, and amateur musician, died on July 14,1989, in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85. Born in…
Francis J. Crowley *31
Modern Languages and Literature, Aug. 13, 2005
Andrew S. Keck *31
Art and Archaeology, Dec. 21, 2003
Franklin E. Perkins Jr. *31
English, Dec. 7, 2000
Jonathan Newbold Hough *31
Classics, July 22, 2000
Robert Eugene Basye *31
Mathematics, Feb. 9, 2000
Robert L. Churchill ’30 *31
Robert L. Churchill, Eastman executive and former president of Eastman Chemical Products Inc., died Sept. 16, 1997, in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 89. Robert was…
Donald M. Ditmars ’30 *31
Donald M. Ditmars died at Easton [Pa.] Hospital, July 12, 1997. He was 89. Born in Trenton, he lived in Pennington since 1942. Donald was…
Oscar Erlandsen ’29 *31
Oscar died Nov. 21, 1995. He prepared at Storm King School. At Princeton his roommate was Buzz Irvine, and he belonged to Arbor Inn. After…
Alfred Leon Foster *31
Alfred Leon Foster, emeritus professor of mathematics at U.C.-Berkeley, died Dec. 24, 1994. He was 90. Born in N.Y.C. July 13, 1904, he earned his…
George Franz Walz *31
GEORGE FRANZ WAFZ, age 81, lifelong textile chemist, nature lover, music patron, and social activist, died Oct. 7, 1988, in Raleigh, N.C. Born in Easthampton…
Edgar Bright Wilson ’30 *31
BRIGHT WILSON, retired Harvard professor, worldfamous scientist, and one of our most illustrious classmates, died July 12, 1992, in his Cambridge, Mass., home, of pneumonia…
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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