MEMORIALS
William Johnson Woods Jr. ’44
Bill died Sept. 22, 2012, in Montecito, Calif., after a long illness. A direct descendant of John Witherspoon, he left Princeton in 1943 to become…
Andrew B. Jones ’44
Andy Jones died peacefully May 9, 2012, in Haddam, Conn., surrounded by his family. Andy prepared at St. Paul’s. At Princeton he roomed with Aubs…
Robert E. Vanwagoner ’44
Bob died Sept. 12, 2012, in Sarasota, Fla. At Princeton, he roomed with Ward Sangren and George Tanham. Entering the Army Air Corps in February…
Edward C. Page Jr. ’42 *46
Ned Page died Sept. 2, 2012, in Chestnut Hill, Mass., from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Ned prepared for college at St. Paul’s. At Princeton he…
John L. Bender ’42 *49
John Bender died Aug. 13, 2012, in Fairfax, Va. John was a native of Princeton. His father, Harold Bender, was professor of Indo-Germanic philology at…
Charles S. Williams Jr. ’41
Charles died May 8, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. He left Princeton after two years to assist in the family’s abstracts business. He enrolled at the…
Walter Phillips Davison ’39
Our class orator at our Commencement in 1939 died May 16, 2012. In his June 20, 1939, speech he prophesied, “Perhaps we shall see the…
George V. Banning ’39
George died June 7, 2012, at his home in Greenbrae, Calif., surrounded by Jean, his wife of 67 years, and his family, including his daughter…
Arthur H. Keyes Jr. ’39
Our distinguished architect died June 7, 2012, in Washington, D.C., the locale of much of his work. With graceful humor, he expressed his gratitude to…
Edward W. Schall ’39
Surrounded by his loving family, Ed died July 23, 2012, at his home. He had retired to New York City in 1984 after his 28-year…
John H. McLean ’38
John McLean died July 12, 2012, in Cornelia, Ga., where his son, William, and his family live. He was 95. Mac was born in Manila…
William P. Cleaver ’37
Bill Cleaver died Sept. 9, 2012, at his home in Cranford, N.J., two months before his 98th birthday. Bill was born in Newark, N.J. He…
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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