MEMORIALS
William B. Purdy ’52
Bill died Nov. 26, 2014. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School, and after Princeton, served in the Army in Korea. His career was in investment…
Ralph K. Pfeiffer ’52
Ralph died Oct. 30, 2014. He graduated from Concordia Preparatory School in ’47 and then spent a year at the Lawrenceville School, where he was…
Robert B. Oakley ’52
Bob died Dec. 10, 2014, in McLean, Va., of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He came to Princeton from South Kent School. At Princeton, he joined…
Wayne F. Dimm ’50
Wayne died Oct. 6, 2014, in Chatham, Mass., after a brief illness. A graduate of Exeter, he majored in economics at Princeton, was on the…
William D. Lamdin Jr. ’50
Bill died Oct. 11, 2014, in Cody, Wyo. Born in Baltimore, he attended Gilman School. At Princeton, Bill majored in history and belonged to Tower…
Philip O. Baumgartner ’50
Phil died March 16, 2014, in Newport, R.I. Born in Gardner, Mass., he attended the local high school before completing his secondary education at the…
Louis G. Bissell Jr. ’49
Lou died July 7, 2014, at his home in Vernon, Conn. He was born Dec. 2, 1927, in New York City, the son of Louis…
Henry R. Blynn ’49
Harry Blynn died Jan. 4, 2014, in Vero Beach, Fla. His wife of 36 years, Sydney, was by his side. Harry grew up in Philadelphia…
Mark Pentecost Jr. ’47
Mark died Nov. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. A fourth-generation Atlanta native, Mark prepped at the McCallie School and entered Princeton in 1943. After two years…
Bruce P. Berlind ’47
Bruce died at his home Nov. 1, 2014. He matriculated at Princeton in 1943, but his studies were interrupted by his service in the Army…
James Robinson ’43 *48
Jim died May 22, 2013, in Princeton. He prepared for Princeton at the Lawrenceville School. Jim majored in electrical engineering and was a founder of…
William P. Stevenson II ’43
Bill died Nov. 14, 2012, in New London, N.H. He prepared at the Lawrenceville School, where he was an editor of The Lawrence and a…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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