MEMORIALS
Ezra B. Sharp ’49 *51
Ezra Sharp died Oct. 27, 2011. Ezra was born April 22, 1928, in Philadelphia and came to Princeton from Moorestown High School. Several of his…
George R. Little ’48
George was born July 19, 1926, in Colorado Springs, Colo., and died Dec. 9, 2013, in Brunswick, Maine. He was 87. A history major at…
Clarence R. O'Crowley Jr. ’48
Clarence died Christmas Day 2013 in Vernon, Conn., the family home for more than 50 years. He was 87. Clarence was born in Newark, N.J…
John H. Williams Jr. ’48
Beau, a lifelong Baltimorean, died of heart disease there Sept. 27, 2013. He was 87. Though he had entered Princeton in 1944, Beau did not…
Richard R. Decker ’47
Richard Decker died Dec. 6, 2013, in Seattle. He was born in Pittsburgh April 22, 1926, and entered Princeton in the summer of 1943. Returning…
Edward Ross Vogel ’47
Edward Ross Vogel died Oct. 11, 2013, in Williamsburg, Va. Born in New York City, Ross prepped at the Brooks School in Massachusetts and entered…
Charles B. Swartwood Jr. ’39
Charlie, our New York State Supreme Court justice, died Nov. 21, 2013, in Elmira, N.Y., his hometown. He was 98. His father, Charles Sr., had…
Howard P. Brokaw ’38 *39
Howard (or “Broke”) died Dec. 20, 2013. He was 97. He prepared for Princeton at Newark Academy and the Hotchkiss School. At Princeton he majored…
Penn Kimball ’37
Penn Kimball died Nov. 8, 2013, in Chevy Chase, Md. An Eagle Scout, Penn joined the class from the Lawrenceville School, where he was “head…
Christopher Leach ’73
Chris (or “Reggie”) Leach died Nov. 7, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was 62. Born in Atlanta, Chris was raised in Durham, N.C. He…
Frederick T. Brandt ’64
Fred Brandt died Sept. 5, 2013, in Charlotte, N.C., of a cerebral hemorrhage. Fred came to Princeton from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pa. At…
Charles B. Mikell Jr. ’63
We lost Charlie, retired chief judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals and a winner of a Bronze Star in Vietnam, Nov. 4, 2013, due…
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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