MEMORIALS
Douglas P. Thomas ’59 *64
Doug died Feb. 22, 2015, in Louisville, Ky., after a six-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. As an undergraduate, he majored in civil engineering, took his…
Arvid J. Carlson *62
Arvid Carlson, professor emeritus of history at Austin (Texas) College, died Dec. 4, 2014. He was 86. Born in 1928, Carlson graduated from the University…
William O. Scott *59
William Scott, who had been a longtime professor of English at the University of Kansas, died Aug. 1, 2014. He was 82. Born in 1932…
Peter Panagos ’43 *54
Peter died Jan. 26, 2015. He had a lifelong career at the Institute for Advanced Study and was part of the team that worked with…
W. Parker Alford *54
Parker Alford, professor of physics emeritus of the University of Western Ontario, died March 11, 2015. He was 87. In 1949, Alford received a bachelor’s…
Arthur M. Hughes ’49 *52
Art died April 20, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a long career in Washington, D.C. He came to us from Exeter after a year…
Bruce McDuffie ’42 *47
Bruce died Sept. 12, 2014, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He prepared for Princeton at Boys High School in Atlanta. At Princeton, Bruce earned a bachelor’s degree…
Paul P. Katz *85
Paul Katz, president and managing principal of the architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox Associates (KPF), died of septic shock Nov. 20, 2014, while being treated…
Jean C. Dutertre *66
Jean Dutertre, a French engineer, died July 24, 2014, after a long illness at the age of 72. Born in France in 1941, he graduated…
George L. Yaney *61
George Yaney, professor emeritus of history at the University of Maryland, died peacefully Nov. 2, 2014, at the age of 84. Yaney graduated with an…
William R. Bell *60
William Bell, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who spent decades consulting on military security, died peacefully Nov. 25, 2014. He was 85. Bell graduated from…
Harry A. Deans *60
Harry Deans, retired professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wyoming, died Dec. 22, 2014, at age 82. Deans graduated from Rice University with…
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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