MEMORIALS
L. Hall Jones Jr. ’53
Memphis lost a real estate and financial pacesetter, charitable leader, and folk-song writer and performer upon the death of Hall. Bill Puchner, his Tower clubmate…
Walter W. Hemberger ’53
Walt died Jan. 2, 2015, in Brick, N.J., after a battle with cancer. He was with us for only one year and then moved to…
John B. Lee ’52
John died March 13, 2015. A journalist and public servant, John prepared for Princeton at the Peddie School. He majored in classics, joined Prospect Club…
Mitchell Mills ’52
Mitch died Feb. 20, 2015. He prepared at Sidwell Friends School, where he was student council president. At Princeton, Mitch majored in English, played 150-pound…
Charles H. Hemminger III ’52
Chuck died April 15, 2015. He was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and grew up in Westfield, N.J., graduating from Westfield High School in 1948. His…
Robert L. Belknap ’51
Bob was born Dec. 23, 1929, in New York, the son of Dorothy Lamont and Chauncey Belknap 1912. He attended Buckley and Phillips Exeter and…
Robert S. Weatherly Jr. ’50
Bob died Dec. 30, 2014, in his native Birmingham, Ala. He graduated from St. Louis (Mo.) Country Day School. At Princeton, he majored in politics…
Charles T. Brumback ’50
Charlie, a leader in the newspaper industry, died in Winter Park, Fla., Jan. 12, 2015, after a long decline from a 2007 stroke. He graduated…
Glenn R. Siler ’50
He graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis and entered Princeton in 1944. His college career was interrupted by a stint in the Army…
Henry D. Betts ’50
When Hank died in Chicago Jan. 4, 2015, after a long illness, the world lost an internationally revered champion for people with disabilities. Hank majored…
Lansden McCandless Jr. ’50
Denny, a lifelong member of the St. Louis community, died March 16, 2015. He graduated from St. Louis Country Day School and served in the…
Thomas D. Washburne ’49
Tom died May 20, 2014. He was 86. He came to Princeton from the Taft School. On campus, he was active in the Chicago Club…
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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