MEMORIALS
Richard S. Porter ’52
Peaches came to us after finishing at Exeter — and later chose to be called “Dick.” He joined Cottage, majored in English, and roomed with…
Robert L. Goodale Jr. ’52
Bob, pioneering surgeon and arts philanthropist, died July 17, 2014, in Minneapolis. Bob came to Princeton after Groton, majored in French, and took meals at…
Walter W. Bauman ’50
Walt died Dec. 15, 2013, in South Setauket, N.Y. He was a graduate of Haverford High School in Havertown, Pa. He left Princeton during his…
Joseph A. Zang Jr. ’50
Joe died Nov. 29, 2013, at his home in Greenwich, Conn. Before entering Princeton, Joe served as a corpsman in the Navy from 1942 to…
Stephen S. Halsey ’50
Steve died April 22, 2014, in Portland, Ore., of bone cancer. After graduating from St. Mark’s and spending a year in the Navy, he entered…
John J. Auld Jr. ’50
Jack died March 24, 2014, in his hometown of St. Louis, where he graduated from Cleveland High School. A Marine honor guard was present at…
Anthony Widmann ’49
Tony Widmann died unexpectedly Oct. 11, 2013. He had attended Reunions the previous May and seemed well at the time. Tony came to Princeton from…
James S. Young ’49
Jim Young died Aug. 8, 2013, at his home in Advance Mills, Va., after a lifetime of teaching at Columbia and the University of Virginia…
H. Burke Matthews Jr. ’48
Burke died of renal failure June 19, 2014, at age 88 in his Ruxton, Md., home. An alumnus of the Gilman School, he graduated from…
William J. Bolger ’48
Bill died in Princeton June 25, 2014, at age 88. His Princeton classmates and friends knew him as he’s described in The New York Times’…
Joseph Diorio ’48
Joe died June 6, 2014, in Ocean City, N.J. He was 92. A lifelong resident of the Atlantic City area, he was a prominent business…
William D. Hardin ’48
Bill died Sept. 12, 2014, at age 87 in Green Pond, N.J. He was born in Newark and graduated from Newark Academy. At Princeton, he…
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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