MEMORIALS
Reuben A. Day Jr. *40
Chemistry, April 24, 2005
Robert Haskins ’39 *40
Bob died April 17, 2006. A native of Richmond, he received bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from Princeton and went on to earn a…
Walker Oscar Cain *40
WALKER OSCAR CAIN *40, distinguished architect and designer of both Jadwin Gymnasium and the Computer Center on Princeton campus, died at his home in Southampton…
William C. Renwick ’37 *40
THE ORIGINATOR OF OUR XIX XXXVII, Bill Renwick died May 2, 1992. Bill was ever cheerful, ever helpful, popular, selfeffacing, an artist, and a prominent…
Hewitt Campau Wells ’38 *40
HEW WELLS died on Oct. 2, 1989, after a year's illness. He had gradually retired from practicing architecture and was busily pursuing watercolor painting, an…
Herman M. Ward *40
(Following is an expanded version of a memorial published in the print edition of PAW.) Herman M. Ward, a noted poet and professor emeritus of…
G. Carman Ridland *39
Geology, Sept. 7, 2004
William Miehle *39
Physics, Dec. 27, 2003
Seymore Goldwasser *39
Chemistry, July 22, 2004
John F. Flagg *39
Chemistry, Oct. 14, 2004
Alec Skolnick *39
Alec Skolnick, well-known psychiatrist in the SF Bay area, died Jan. 6, 2004, at his San Mateo home. He was 89. Son of Latvian immigrants…
Henry Hemmendinger *39
Henry Hemmendinger died Aug. 16, 2003, in Princeton. He was 88. Recognized as an authority in color science, Hemmendinger took his doctorate in astrophysical sciences…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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