MEMORIALS
John H. Rae Jr. ’49
John Rae died Feb. 3, 2014, at home in Rochester, N.Y. He was just three months short of his 87th birthday. John served in the…
Alfred L. Blessing ’48
Al died Dec. 8, 2014, at his home in Haworth, N.J. He was 93. The news of his death came from his daughter, Ann Blessing…
Philip J. Finkelpearl ’46
One of his students called Phil Finkelpearl’s Shakespeare class “truly theater in itself.” A longtime college professor, Phil specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, publishing…
John M. Doar ’44
John’s death Nov. 11, 2014 — Veterans Day — was promptly announced on national TV newscasts. John, a Wisconsin Republican, was a civil-rights assistant under…
Maynard B. Williamson ’43
Our classmate Barney died June 13, 2014, in Carlisle, Pa. Barney attended the Calvert School, where he was on the football, swimming, and tennis teams…
Holt Apgar ’43
Holt died July 23, 2014, at the Brandywine Reflections Senior Care Center in Brick, N.J. He came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he…
Allan W. Ferrin ’43
Al died in Palm Beach, Fla., May 19, 2014. He entered Princeton from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School, where he was active in student government and…
Ronald K. MacMaster Jr. ’43
Ron served in the Army Air Force as a flight engineer and attained the rank of captain. This followed his time at Princeton, where he…
George B. Baldwin ’42
George Baldwin died Dec. 3, 2014, in Hanover, N.H. Jim (as he generally was known) was born Aug. 23, 1920, and prepared at the Belmont…
Robert N. Lowry ’42
Bob Lowry died June 13, 2014, at his home in Hillsborough, Calif., as a result of sepsis following a pulmonary infection. He prepared for Princeton…
Kamara James ’08
Kamara, a former U.S. fencing Olympian, died Sept. 20, 2014, in Modesto, Calif. She was 29 years old. Kamara was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and…
Bryan D. Rockwood ’87
Bryan died in a rock-climbing accident July 12, 2014, in Idyllwild, Calif. He came to Princeton from Los Alamos High School in New Mexico. Bryan…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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