MEMORIALS
H. Karl Frensdorff *52
Karl Frensdorff, a chemist with the DuPont Co. for more than 30 years, died Nov. 9, 2014, at the age of 92. A native of…
John A. Schellman Jr. *51
John Schellman, retired professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, died Dec. 16, 2014, at the age of 90. During World War II, Schellman…
George P. Wachtell *51
George Wachtell, a scientist who had long worked at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, died Dec. 31, 2014. He was 91. Wachtell graduated from high…
James G. Affleck ’44 *49
Jim died March 8, 2015, at home in Shaftsbury, Vt. After preparing at Deerfield Academy, he majored in chemistry at Princeton. He was in the…
Robert B. Dishman *48
Robert Dishman, retired professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, died peacefully Dec. 24, 2014, at the age of 96. Dishman received…
William H. Surber Jr. *48
William Surber, professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Princeton, died Aug. 27, 2014. He was 94. Surber graduated from the University of Richmond in 1941…
William B. Mason *46
William Mason, a chemist, physician, professor, and medical scientist/researcher, died peacefully Oct. 30, 2014. He was 94. In 1942 he earned a bachelor’s degree from…
Forrest H. Blanding *40
Forrest Blanding, a longtime executive with Exxon Corp., died Nov. 30, 2014, at the age of 97. Blanding graduated from the University of Illinois in…
Gregory A. Trandel *92
Gregory Trandel, professor of economics at the University of Georgia, died Oct. 21, 2014, at the age of 52. Trandel graduated in 1984 from the…
Deborah Strom Gibbons *79
Deborah Strom Gibbons, a writer and one of the earliest women graduate students at Princeton, died May 1, 2014, of complications from a stroke. She…
Michel M. Mazzaoui *66
Michel Mazzaoui, professor emeritus at the University of Utah, died peacefully Dec. 5, 2013. He was 87. Mazzaoui was born in Nazareth, Palestine, during the…
Robert E. Leyon *62
Robert Leyon, retired professor of chemistry at Dickinson College, died Sept. 23, 2014, of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He was 78. Leyon graduated with 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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