MEMORIALS
T. Scott Avary ’62
The following memorial was posted online with the April 1, 2015, issue. Scott was born in LaGrange, Ga., but completed his secondary education at Riverdale…
Paul A. Snook ’57
Paul loved music; it was the passion that framed his life. His French-born mother took him to movie musicals as a child, where he absorbed…
Ross Dabney ’55
Ross was born in Dallas in 1934 to Crystal Ross and Lewis Meriwether Dabney Jr. ’21. He died Nov. 1, 2014, in Easton, Md. A…
William B. Austin Jr. ’54
Bill died Nov. 27, 2014, from congestive heart failure, surrounded by his family. Born in Upper Darby, Pa., Bill grew up in Ridgewood, N.J., and…
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…
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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