MEMORIALS
Frederick Bonsal Seggerman ’43
Bonny died May 14, 2015, at home in Haddam, Conn., with his wife of 30 years, Isabelle, by his side. He prepared at the Pomfret…
Norman J. Asher ’43
Norm died May 12, 2015, five days after his 94th birthday. He lived most of his life in Washington, D.C., where he attended St. Albans…
Rex D. Hume ’70
Rex died of cancer April 26, 2015, at his home in Valparaiso, Ind. He prepped at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, Rex majored in politics…
Terence W. Toran ’70
Terry died suddenly Feb. 16, 2015. He prepared at Uniondale High School in Baldwin, N.Y. At 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds…
Robert Bernard ’69 *84
Bob died March 19, 2015, after a multi-year struggle with lung cancer. After the initial surgery, he missed only one day of teaching, to which…
Ramsay W. Vehslage ’59
Ramsay died suddenly but peacefully April 17, 2015. He was living in Skillman, N.J. Born in New York City and raised in Haverford, Pa., Ramsay…
Lawrence M. Blau ’59
Larry died April 2, 2015, in New York City, where he was born in January 1938. He grew up in nearby New Rochelle, attending high…
David A. Dunn ’59 *66
David, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died March 14, 2015, in Alexandria, Va. Coming to Princeton from Austin (Texas) High School, where he co-captained the…
John D. Phillips ’57
John died May 3, 2015, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was surrounded by his family members, who were sharing a bottle of John’s favorite…
John A. Futhey ’57
John died March 1, 2015, of ALS and congestive heart failure. He was a brilliant and easygoing person. John played quarterback, excelled in track, wrote…
Richard E. Clark ’56
Dick, known as “Bonzo” to many at Princeton, died Oct. 22, 2014, in Cranberry Township, Pa., after a struggle with multiple system failure. An engineer…
Edwin W. Semans Jr. ’55
Born April 26, 1932, in Philadelphia to Edwin Semans 1924, Ed beat polio and became a high school athlete at Lawrenceville. He majored in sociology…
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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