MEMORIALS
Harry Alexander Smith Jr. ’48
Alex died April 25, 2015, after a lengthy illness. He was 89. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 19, 1926, and prepared at Wyoming…
Charles H. Burkman ’48
Charlie was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and graduated from the Pingry School. He was in the Navy Hospital Corps from 1944 to 1946 before getting…
Wilhelmus B. Bryan III ’47
Bill died April 12, 2015. At Princeton, Bill majored in psychology, was a member of Tower, and was involved in Triangle Club and WPRU. His…
William C. Lakeland ’44
Bill died Jan. 23, 2015, in Berkeley, Calif. Bill graduated from Baldwin (N.Y.) High School. He majored in philosophy at Princeton, was vice president of…
Robert B. Horner ’43
Bob died March 25, 2015, in Louisville, Ky. He prepared for Princeton at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Los Alamos Ranch School, where he was…
Thomas A. Quintrell ’42
Tom died March 3, 2015, in Gates Mills, Ohio. He was 94. He prepared at University School, where he excelled in academics and athletics. At…
Samuel Chapin Lawson ’38
Chape died Oct. 12, 2014, at age 99. He prepared for Princeton at Choate School, where he played football, hockey, and baseball and was stage…
Steven G. Morgan ’87
Steve died Dec. 29, 2010, outside Dallas, Texas. Steve came to Princeton from Munro College in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, and majored in chemical engineering while…
Peter Heath ’71
An international scholar and educator and a connector between East and West, Peter died Nov. 12, 2014, of brain cancer. The son of Samuel Roy…
Michael Roberts ’71
Michael died Nov. 7, 2014, from injuries sustained when he fell from the top of a tree he was climbing. Michael loved adventure and loved…
Louis B. Frost ’63
Lou, a highly respected estate lawyer with the Manhattan firm of Davidson, Dawson & Clark, died May 6, 2015, of complications from squamous cell cancer…
Walter M. Phillips Jr. ’61
Wally died Feb. 7, 2015, of complications following open-heart surgery in his native Philadelphia. The son of Walter Phillips ’35, he was born in Philadelphia…
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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