MEMORIALS
William Morcom ’43
Bill died May 31, 2012, in Hartford, Conn. He attended high school at Kingswood School, where he was on the football team. At Princeton, he…
Walter F. Pettit ’40
Known to us as “Wig,” Walter died June 26, 2014, at his home in Piedmont, Calif. Raised in Princeton, he prepared at the Asheville School…
Jane C. Borgerhoff *78
Jane Borgerhoff, who had been the executive director of Center City Crime Victim Services in Philadelphia, died April 14, 2015, of central nervous system lymphoma…
Ira J. Kalet *68
Ira Kalet, professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Washington, died Feb. 21, 2015. He was 70. Kalet graduated from Cornell…
Frederick M. Bohen *64
Frederick Bohen, retired executive vice president of Rockefeller University in New York City, died March 15, 2015. He was 77. Attending Harvard on a Navy…
C. Parker Wolf *63
Charlie Wolf, pioneer in the field of social impact assessment, died Feb. 5, 2015, at the age of 81. Born in 1933, Wolf graduated from…
George J. Burt *63
George Burt, retired professor emeritus of music at Rice University, died March 28, 2015, at the age of 85. Born in 1929, he attended the…
Russell B. Kirby Jr. ’50 *54
A Bronze Star recipient in World War II, Russ died May 14, 2015, in Minnesota. He was born in Allentown, Pa. After high school graduation…
Everett Gorin *34
Everett Gorin, a chemist who spent his entire career in coal research, died peacefully April 7, 2015, at his home in San Anselmo, Calif. He…
Valerio Simini ’78 *81
An exceptionally cultured architect and author, Valerio died Nov. 5, 2014, of an aneurysm at his home in Lucca, Italy. Valerio, who spoke four languages…
William H. Hess *63
William Hess, professor emeritus of classics at the University of Utah, died March 26, 2015, of natural causes. He was 81. Hess graduated from the…
Robert C. Peace *61
Robert Peace, retired vice president of Florida Rock Industries (FRI), died Dec. 5, 2014. He was 82. Peace graduated as a civil engineer from the…
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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