MEMORIALS
Richard F. Ober ’37
Dick Ober died April 13, 2013, in Baltimore, where he lived all his life. At the time of his death he was living at Blakehurst…
John P. Jones ’36
J.P. died Jan. 30, 2013, in La Jolla, Calif., after a brief illness. He was 98. He was born May 3, 1914, in Youngstown, Ohio…
Robert T. Riley ’84
Bob Riley died Aug. 30, 2007, from respiratory complications related to HIV. His Princeton friends and former roommates only recently learned of his passing. Bob…
Maria Grayson-metaxas ’83
Maria Grayson-Metaxas (formerly Maria Ross Hanahan) died peacefully Aug. 13, 2012, at her home in Berkeley, Calif., after an inspiring three-year battle with colon cancer…
Kevin J. Dowd ’76
The class was recently informed of the death of Kevin J. Dowd on March 8, 2011, in New York City, seven months after his being…
Douglas F. Moltz ’76
Doug Moltz died of cancer April 18, 2013, at the Cleveland Clinic. He was 58. Doug was raised in Cleveland and was a proud graduate…
William J. Cooksley III ’76
William Cooksley died May 5, 2013, of a heart attack in Austin, Texas. William was raised in Vestal, N.Y., and graduated from Vestal Central High…
John F.H. Schenk ’69
Word came to us belatedly of John’s sudden death Dec. 20, 2011, in Woodland Park, Colo. A native of East Orange, N.J., John came to…
James E. Cameron Jr. ’65
Jim Cameron died of cancer Dec. 14, 2012, at the University Medical Center of Princeton in Plainsboro, N.J., the town he lived in for more…
Geoffrey R. Myers ’62
Geoff Myers died peacefully April 5, 2013, in Bethany Beach, Del. Geoff came to Princeton from Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, N.J., where…
J. Lester Parsons III ’61
Friend and inspiration to many, Jay died March 21, 2013, from the effects of colon cancer. He was the son of J. Lester Parsons Jr…
A. Chester Safian ’55
Chet Safian, optimistic humanist, devoted family man, unrepentant exercise enthusiast, was born the son of Felix Safian on March 23, 1934, in New York City…
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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