MEMORIALS
Boyd R. Compton ’46
When ’46 published its 50th-reunion yearbook, we had not heard from Boyd Compton since 1959 and his address was unknown. Before our 65th reunion, in…
Richard D. Young ’46
In our 25th-anniversary yearbook, describing the 20 years after he earned his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in 1952, Dick Young…
John W. Lewis Jr. ’46
Our 50th-reunion yearbook reported that Jack Lewis had not been heard from since 1952 and that his address was unknown. Before our 65th reunion, however…
Joseph P. McKeehan Jr. ’46
Joe McKeehan was a lifetime telephone man. In 1943, the Navy V-12 program moved him to Cornell, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical…
John B. Watkins ’45
John Watkins of Leland, Mich., died April 6, 2014, after a brief illness. John attended Detroit University School and followed his brothers, Jim ’40 and…
Cliff C. Jones ’41
Cliff died March 6, 2014, at home in Kansas City, Mo., where he lived most of his life. He prepared at Pembroke Country Day School…
Robert D. Stuart Jr. ’37
Robert Stuart, a Princeton charter trustee from 1970 to 1980 and then a trustee emeritus, died May 8, 2014. Coming to us from the Los…
Valery L. Morris ’76
Valery Morris died unexpectedly of a heart attack May 2, 2014 at home in Chappaqua, N.Y. Raised in New Jersey, she graduated from New Milford…
Maurya Meenan ’74
Maurya Meenan died Feb. 11, 2014, after a long battle with cancer. She remained cheerful and optimistic right until the end. Maurya came to Princeton…
David R. Knapton ’68 *71
Dave died March 25, 2014, from severe sepsis. He was 68. Born in Providence, R.I., he prepared at Andover, where he was active in music…
Ralph R. Hovnanian ’68
Hoot died May 22, 2013, in Evanston, Ill., after an extended illness. He was 66. He prepared at Evanston Township High School, where he excelled…
Edwin M. Sykes III ’68
Ed died March 23, 2014, in San Angelo, Texas, from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 67. Born in Detroit, he graduated from Alamo Heights (Texas) High…
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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