MEMORIALS
Barbara J. Brooks *91
Barbara Brooks, a faculty member in the history department at the City College of New York, died April 12, 2013, after a long battle with…
James N. Rash *77
James Rash, the retired vice president for business affairs at the University of Pittsburgh-Titusville, died May 31, 2014. He was 67. Rash graduated from the…
Charles H. Habernigg *55
Charles Habernigg, an Oregon attorney, died of cancer April 13, 2012, at the age of 79. After high school in Kansas, Habernigg graduated from Oberlin…
Robert F. Staats-westover ’50 *52
Bob died Oct. 3, 2014, in Princeton at age 90. He was raised in Bordentown, N.J. After graduating from Trenton High School, he served in…
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…
Peter S. Walch *68
Peter Walch, retired art professor and longtime director of the University of New Mexico Art Museum, died May 3, 2014. He was 73. Walch graduated…
John H. Chang ’60 *67
John died in Los Angeles Sept. 16, 2014. Born in China, he graduated from Riverdale Country School in New York, where he excelled in soccer…
Peter D. Bell *64
Peter Bell, an internationally known humanitarian who dedicated his life to reducing poverty and protecting human rights, died of cancer April 4, 2014. He was…
George H. Heilmeier *62
George Heilmeier, an electrical engineer who was one of the inventors of liquid-crystal display (LCD), died April 21, 2014. He was 77. Heilmeier graduated from…
Daniel S. Koltun *61
Daniel S. Koltun *61 Daniel Koltun, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Rochester and an important contributor to the field of nuclear physics…
Paul M. Routly *51
Paul Routly, an astrophysicist, died of congestive heart failure May 2, 2014. He was 88. Routly graduated from McGill in 1947 with two degrees (one…
Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49
Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49 Bob died Oct. 6, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. He came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, where he was on…
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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