MEMORIALS
William A. McCleary III ’57
Bill, known as “Beets” to his Pingry School classmates and Acharn (teacher) to his Thammasat University students, died Nov. 26, 2013, while snorkeling. The accident…
Charles H. Williams IV ’55
Charles Williams was born Feb. 19, 1933, in Youngstown, Ohio, and died Jan. 20, 2014, of the lingering effects of a 2013 stroke. He was…
George A. Brehm ’55
George was born Oct. 4, 1933, to Edith Avery and Edward Brehm in Seattle and died in Seattle Jan. 14, 2014. George attended Montlake School…
John Roderic O'Connor ’55 *71
Roddy O’Connor — scholar, bon vivant, raconteur — was born in New York City Nov. 14, 1933, and died Jan. 13, 2014, in France. A…
John Henn ’55
“Jack” Henn was born in Philadelphia Sept. 7, 1933, and died peacefully in his sleep Jan. 29, 2014, in Newtown Square, Pa. After graduating from…
John V. Trubee ’54
John Trubee died Feb. 24, 2014, in Seattle. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., he graduated from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, he was a geology…
John E. Seaman ’54
John Seaman died in his sleep Dec. 28, 2013, at his home in San Diego. Born in Denver, Colo., John graduated from South Denver High…
Stephen C. Taylor ’54
Stephen Taylor died Jan. 25, 2014, in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Born in Chicago, he graduated from Bloomington (Ill.) High School. At Princeton, he was an…
Samuel S. Walstrum II ’51
Sam was born May 4, 1929, in Paterson, N.J., to Eleanor Peckworth Walstrum and S. William Walstrum ’26. He came to us from Peddie and…
William D. Dana Jr. ’51
Bill was born April 1, 1929, in New York, the son of William Dale and Margaret Leach Dana. Bill graduated from Hotchkiss and majored in…
Jack T. Davison ’51
Jack was born May 12, 1929, in St. Louis to Margaret Todd and Harold P. Davison. He was a graduate of University City High School…
Thomas E. Dater ’51
Born on March 19, 1929, Tom was the adopted son of Eleanor Gott and John Y. Dater III ’21. He prepared at Ramsey (N.J.) 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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