MEMORIALS
Bruce Lee ’53
Bruce was born in New York City and attended Pomfret School before coming to Princeton. He left Princeton after his freshman year and subsequently graduated…
Robert C. Lamperti ’52
Bob came to the class from the military, where he enlisted for two years of Army service in Japan. He was valedictorian at North Plainfield…
Roger Kirk ’52
Roger died Jan. 18, 2023. His father was Adm. Alan G. Kirk, commander of Allied naval forces at the invasion of Normandy. Roger came to…
Donald MacLaren Jack ’52
Don came to us from Garden City (N.Y.) High School and majored in history, ate at Cannon, and roomed with Bob Van Meter, Dave Dimmock…
Charles James Farrell ’51
Jim came to us from Warren-Area (Pa.) High School after two years of Army service as a technician in Salzburg, Austria. He was a history…
Ralph Kenneth Perry ’50
Ken was born in Westminster, Md., Jan. 11, 1928, and died Feb. 27, 2023. He prepared at Mercersburg Academy, where he was salutatorian. At Princeton…
George R. Petty Jr. *49
George died April 25, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 94. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he came to us from the Peddie School at…
David M. Meyers ’48
David, who spent just one memorable year at Princeton with us, died Sept. 19, 2022, surrounded by his family. Born in Long Beach, Calif., David…
Robert B. Whittlesey ’43
Whit, a passionate advocate for affordable housing, died Feb. 27, 2023, at his home in Acton, Mass. He was 101 years old. Born in Preston…
Pieter Brakel ’69
We were sorry to learn only recently of the death of Pieter Brakel, who died in Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 3, 2015, from complications related to…
James C. Larmett ’73
James died Feb. 15, 2021, in New York City. He was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pa., and attended Mount Lebanon Senior High School, where he…
Satoshi Tamagawa ’83
Satoshi died July 21, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Born Feb. 13, 1960, in Japan, he moved with his family to the United…
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.
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