MEMORIALS
David C. Chappelear *60
David Chappelear, retired vice president of research and engineering and director of new technology at Johnson & Johnson’s consumer-products division, died peacefully Jan. 10, 2015…
Clinton D.A. Dahlstrom *52
Clinton Dahlstrom, a retired executive with Chevron Corp., died Jan. 16, 2015. He was 89. In 1947 and 1949, Dahlstrom earned a bachelor’s degree and…
George Smoluk ’47 *51
George died Dec. 13, 2014, in Pittsburgh. He was 88. He prepared at Central High School of Philadelphia and entered Princeton in July 1943. George…
Andrew H. Solarski ’48 *49
Andy died Sept. 20, 2014, at age 90. He was born in 1924. After Marine V-12 service, he received a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering…
Jack W. Peltason *47
Jack Peltason, constitutional scholar, chancellor emeritus of UCal Irvine, and former president of the University of California system, died Mar. 21, 2015, of Parkinson’s disease…
Milton J. Esman *42
Milton Esman, the John S. Knight Professor of Government emeritus at Cornell University, died Feb. 7, 2015. He was 96. Esman graduated from Cornell in…
Robert Bernard ’69 *84
Bob died March 19, 2015, after a multi-year struggle with lung cancer. After the initial surgery, he missed only one day of teaching, to which…
David A. Dunn ’59 *66
David, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died March 14, 2015, in Alexandria, Va. Coming to Princeton from Austin (Texas) High School, where he co-captained the…
Anthony J. Scalora *58
Anthony Scalora, a plastics engineer who had worked for Owens-Illinois Inc. for 31 years, died peacefully Feb. 7, 2015, at the age of 88. Scalora…
Meredydd Evans *55
Meredydd Evans, a noted Welsh folk singer, dedicated activist for the Welsh language, and a university lecturer in philosophy, died Feb. 21, 2015. He was…
David S. Chamberlain *66
David Chamberlain, retired professor of English at the University of Iowa, died Jan. 7, 2015, at 83. In 1952, he earned a bachelor’s degree in…
Fred A. Masterson *66
Fred Masterson, retired professor of psychology at the University of Delaware, died at home Nov. 23, 2014, at the age of 77. Masterson received a…
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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