MEMORIALS
John H. Fish ’55
Born June 17, 1932, in Erie, Pa., to Dorothy and Henry Fish, John Fish was a pastor, college professor, activist, and organizer. After earning his…
George W. Van De Weghe ’54
George was born in Paterson, N.J., and attended Blair Academy. At Princeton he was a member of Cap and Gown Club. He left the University…
Charles L. Terry III ’54
Charles Terry died June 3, 2014, at Clipper Harbor Care in Portsmouth, N.H. Born in Dover, Del., he attended the Loomis School. His Princeton major…
Stanley D. Whitford Jr. ’53
Stanley D. Whitford Jr. ’53 Alumni Records has advised us that Stanley died March 19, 2014, in Lafayette, Colo. Unfortunately, he lost touch with the…
Max O. Truitt Jr. ’53
Max, the grandson of Kentucky Sen. Alben W. Barkley, vice president under President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953 (the four years Max was…
Curtis W. Caldwell ’53
Bill, or “Mother” as he was fondly called by close college chums because of his protective nature, died after a valiant struggle with Parkinson’s disease…
Robert C. Johnston ’52
Bob joined us after Deerfield, majored in the Woodrow Wilson School, and joined Prospect. He served on several of our publications, including The Nassau Sovereign…
J. Edgar Thomson Rutter ’52
J. Edgar Thomson Rutter ’52 Jet, son of Thomas R. Rutter 1913, was a lawyer and jurist in Southern California after serving two years in…
Thomas S. Knight Jr. ’52
Tom came to the class from Exeter, joined Ivy, and majored in economics. He played on the basketball team, and captained the rugby team. He…
Leslie Charles Devoe ’52
Chuck came to Princeton from the Park School in Indianapolis, his lifelong home. Perhaps the best all-round athlete in the class, he played varsity tennis…
Harold B. Erdman ’46
When Hal Erdman co-founded New Jersey Aluminum Co. in 1954, he moved into a young industry that soon needed his supplies worldwide. His firm later…
Anthony D. Duke ’41
Anthony Duke died April 30, 2014, in Gainesville, Fla. He was the founder of Boys and Girls Harbor, an educational and social-service agency that has…
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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