MEMORIALS
Stephen Coerte Voorhees ’43
Coerte died at his home in Merry Point, Va., Oct. 22, 2012. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, where he was on the football and soccer…
Albert E. Van Court Jr. ’41
Al died Feb. 5, 2012. Unfortunately, we had lost contact with Al for some years. Al prepared for Princeton at the Catalina Boys School and…
Daniel A. Carmichael Jr. ’41
Dan died July 31, 2014, at the Mount Carmel Medical Center in Bexley, Ohio. He prepared for Princeton at Columbus Academy. At Princeton, he played…
Norman R. Freeman Jr. ’39
Norm died Oct. 10, 2014, in Baltimore, the city where he was born. He was 97. His only years absent from his hometown were his…
Joseph F. Rorke ’39
“Dr. Joe,” as he was affectionately known, died June 4, 2013, at his home at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Ariz. After graduating from Princeton, he…
James M. Flaherty ’70
Jim died April 10, 2014, of a heart attack. Following interests that began at Loyola College High School in Montreal, Jim was a hockey player…
Christopher W. Brooks ’70
A heart attack claimed Chris on Aug. 19, 2014. He came us to from the McDonogh School in Maryland. While an undergraduate, Chris coached the…
Charles A. Friedman ’67
Charley Friedman died Jan. 26, 2014, in Houston after a long struggle with leukemia. He came to Princeton from Memphis Central High School. Charley belonged…
Kent E. Mast ’65
Kent Mast died April 24, 2014, after an extended illness. Born in Media, Pa., Kent majored in politics, took his meals at Cottage Club, and…
Peter W. Hyde ’61
Known to us as “Pete,” Peter died July 8, 2014, from complications of Parkinson’s disease in Prairie Village, Kan. A son of Benjamin Hyde ’24…
Ira B. Silverstein ’60
Ira died Oct. 9, 2013, in Seoul, Korea, from complications of a hip fracture that he suffered while on an overnight stop en route to…
W. Thomas Thach Jr. ’59
William Thomas Thach Jr. died July 1, 2014. He was 77. Tom was born in Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 3, 1937, to Mary Elizabeth Edwards…
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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