MEMORIALS
Harry W. Masenhimer ’49
Harry W. Masenhimer Jr. ’49 Harry died March 29, 2011, in Portland, Ore., having lived in the state for many years. At Princeton, he was…
Charles R. Rourke ’49
Charlie died May 12, 2010, in Sunnyvale, Calif. Although he had lived there for a number of years, our knowledge of his life and career…
Galway M. Kinnell ’48
Galway died Oct. 28, 2014, at his home in Sheffield, Vt. He was a renowned and prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and an essayist, translator, and…
Donald H. Stuhring ’47
Don died March 27, 2014, from complications of a fractured hip. Don grew up in South Orange, N.J. He enlisted in the Navy, became a…
Francis Catlin ’47
Fran died Feb. 24, 2014, in Houston, Texas. He entered Princeton with the Class of ’47, but due to wartime acceleration, he was awarded an…
Colley W. Bell Jr. ’45
Colley Bell died Dec. 12, 2011. He prepared for Princeton at Kent School and joined Cloister Inn. Colley left Princeton to serve with the 1st…
Alexander Pearson ’45
Alex Pearson, who died Jan. 9, 2012, was a unique classmate. He entered Princeton from Bay Shore, N.Y., where he lived all of his life…
Cornelius V.S. Knox ’43
Corny Knox died July 8, 2013, in Shelburne, Vt. He prepared at The Hill School and at Princeton was a member of Quadrangle Club. Corny…
Forman S. Acton ’43 *44
Forman died Feb. 18, 2014, in Woodstown, N.J., following a brief illness. Forman prepped at Phillips Exeter, where he was active in drama. At Princeton…
M. Beckett Howorth ’43
Beck died Oct. 13, 2012, in Oxford, Miss. He left our class and transferred to the University of Mississippi. He earned a medical degree from…
Philip Shivell ’43
Phil died Nov. 17, 2012, at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. Phil joined our class from Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, where he was on…
Jack K. Busby ’38
Jack died Oct. 24, 2014, in Pinehurst, N.C. He prepared at Hotchkiss School. At Princeton he majored in history and roomed at 19 University Place…
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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