MEMORIALS
Harry H. Ransom *54
Harry Ransom, pioneer scholar of U.S. intelligence gathering and retired professor emeritus of political science at Vanderbilt University, died Jan. 28, 2014. He was 91…
Michael E. Hriskevich *52
Michael E. Hriskevich, a geologist regarded by his peers as a star finder of oil, died Jan. 31, 2014. A Canadian, Hriskevich graduated from Queen’s…
Harold N. Shapiro *47
Harold Shapiro, polymath and retired professor of mathematics emeritus at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU, died Dec. 12, 2013. He was 91…
William W. McCarthy ’41 *46
Walt McCarthy died March 5, 2014, in Minnesota, where he had moved to be near his daughter. Walt prepared for Princeton at Lawrenceville, majored in…
Robert L. Dwight ’45 *46
Bob Dwight, engineer and conservationist, died March 22, 2014. After Pearl Harbor, Bob enlisted in the Navy V-12 program, pursuing engineering at Cornell and midshipmen’s…
James R. Arnold ’43 *46
Jim died Jan. 6, 2012, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Between 1969 and 1973, when astronauts returned from the moon with a trove of rocks…
Barry E. Carter *66
Barry Carter, professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, died of cancer at home, Jan. 15, 2014, at the age of 71. Carter…
John R. Treadwell *54
John Treadwell, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and corporate executive, died Feb. 16, 2014. He was 89. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at…
Elija M. Hicks Jr. *44
Elija Hicks, who retired as director of international development and operations of the DuPont Co., died Dec. 25, 2013. He was 93. Hicks graduated with…
Alfred Kuo-liang Ho *44
Alfred Ho, retired professor of economics emeritus at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 26, 2014. He was 94. Born in China, Ho graduated from Yenching…
Edward P. Thomson *90
Edward Thomson, a former tenured professor of philosophy at John Carroll University in Cleveland, died peacefully Oct. 10, 2013. He was 55. Born in Scotland…
Robert L. Kelley Jr. *72
Robert Kelley, retired holder of the G. Albert Shoemaker Chair in Bible and Archaeology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PTS), died peacefully Oct. 30, 2013. 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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