MEMORIALS
Robert E. Bennett ’82
Robert Bennett died Aug. 16, 2011, after a six-year bout with cancer, a month shy of his 51st birthday, at home in Norwell, Mass. Julia…
William Barry McRae ’82
Barry died of brain cancer Aug. 24, 2012, at his home. Born in New Orleans, Barry spent most of his life in Birmingham, Ala. At…
Daniel W. Pfister ’79
The class would like to acknowledge the death of Daniel Pfister on May 4, 2004. We have been unable to learn any details surrounding Daniel’s…
Charles L. Wilson ’79
Charles Wilson died Dec. 24, 2004, in Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Hospital following an accident in his home. He was 47. At the time of his…
William Sword Jr. ’76
Our class tragically lost William Sword when a tree struck him Oct. 29, 2012, during Superstorm Sandy. Bill will be sorely missed by his soulmate…
Meir Z. Ribalow ’70
Class poet Meir Ribalow died Aug. 23, 2012. A New Yorker and an Exeter graduate, Meir majored in English-creative arts. His creativity never waned. After…
Charles Lockwood ’70
Charlie died of cancer March 29, 2012, at his home in Topanga, Calif. Born in Washington, D.C., Charlie majored in the Woodrow Wilson School at…
Jeffrey A. Kant ’68
Jeff died Sept. 29, 2012, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 65. Born in Boston, he came to Princeton from Watertown (N.Y.) High…
Gordon R. Harrison ’68
Gordon, our faithful class treasurer, died Nov. 4, 2012, of pancreatic cancer. He was 66. He prepared at College High School in Upper Montclair, N.J…
Nicholas R. Criss III ’67
Our classmate Nick Criss died Sept. 2, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. Nick came to Princeton from Taylor Allerdice High School in Pittsburgh…
Ralph Warren Hills ’61
After a gallant and long battle, Warren, known to his friends and associates as “Hillsy,” died June 14, 2012, from complications of Parkinson’s disease at…
Michael S. McAshan ’61
Mike died Sept. 14, 2012, of Alzheimer’s disease in Ennis, Texas. Born and raised in Houston, he came to Princeton from St. John’s High School…
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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