MEMORIALS
Alonzo Church ’24 *27
Alonzo Church, a philosopher and mathematician, died Aug. 11, 1995. He was 92. He attended Ridgefield School in Connecticut, where he helped edit the school…
Edwin H. Rian *27
The Reverend Dr. Edwin H. Rian died Aug. 22, 1995. He was 95. He lived in San Diego, Calif. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., he earned…
Calvert Nice Ellis *27
Calvert Nice Ellis, president emeritus of Juniata College, prominent educator, and ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, died Apr. 7, 1995. He was…
Ralph D. Bennett *27
RALPH BENNETT died of pneumonia Feb. 15, 1994. He was 93 years old. He got his Ph.D. in physics from the Univ. of Chicago and…
George Howard Forsyth Jr. ’23 *27
WE LOST OUR highly honored professor when Pink died onianuary 26, 1991, in Ann Arbor. George was born in Chicago on Sept. 2, 1901; his…
Oren Holtrop *26
Philosophy, Sept. 3, 2000.
Oscar L. Updike ’25 *26
Oscar Updike was born in Princeton and attended Princeton H.S. He graduated from Princeton as a civil engineer and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa…
Burnett Coburn Turner ’25 *26
Sandy Turner was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 3, 1902. After Los Angeles H.S. and a year at the U. of Southern California, he…
Frank Benjamin Hurt *26
FRANK BENJAMIN HURT, distinguished educator and historian, died at home in Ferrum, Va., Feb. 16, 1992, at the age of 92. Born in Ferrum, Prof…
Frank Whitson Fetter *26
FRANK WHITSON FETTER aged 92, distinguished economist, monetary authority, and professor, died July 7, 1991, in Hanover, N.H. Born in San Francisco, Prof. Fetter earned…
Ranald G. Dunning ’24 *25
Ranald Dunning died July 15, 1998, at Princeton Medical Center. Born Oct. 6, 1902, in Lyndon, Ohio, to Smith G. Dunning 1892 and Agnes Powers…
John H. Wolfenden *25
JOHN H. WOLFENDEN, 87 years of age, died Dec. 27, 1989, in Hanover, N.H. He was born in 1902 in Failsworth, near Manchester, England. He…
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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