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…
Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr. *51
Guthrie Birkhead, the eminent dean emeritus of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, died July 22, 2013. He was 92. Between earning…
John W. Landis *48
John Landis, a pioneer in the peaceful uses of atomic energy, died March 16, 2013. He was 95. Landis graduated summa cum laude in 1939…
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…
Andre C. Dimitriadis *66
Andre Dimitriadis, founder and chairman of LTC Properties Inc., died Aug. 14, 2013, after long battling a chronic illness. He was 72. Born in Istanbul…
Stephen J. Ettinger *65
Stephen Ettinger, who worked for the World Bank for more than two decades, died July 31, 2013, after battling pancreatic cancer for almost four years…
Peter B. Gontrum *56
Peter Gontrum, professor emeritus of Germanic language and literature at the University of Oregon, died of pneumonia May 24, 2013. He was 81. Gontrum graduated…
Kenneth Levy *55
Kenneth Levy, the Scheide Professor of Music History emeritus at Princeton, died Aug. 15, 2013, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 86. After serving…
Joseph J. Chang *54
Joseph Chang, a prominent professor emeritus of biology at Sogang University in South Korea, died Jan. 11, 2011. He was 83. Chang graduated from St…
Cedric C. Philipp *50
Cedric Philipp, a longtime international executive for the Wyeth pharmaceutical firm, died July 18, 2013. He was 91. Born in Chile, Philipp came to the…
Rubby Sherr *38
Rubby Sherr, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton, died July 8, 2013. He was 99. Sherr graduated from NYU in 1934, and earned a Ph.D…
Clifford I. Nass ’81 *86
Cliff Nass collapsed after a hike and died of a heart attack Nov. 2, 2013, at the age of 55. Born and raised in Teaneck…
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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