MEMORIALS
Richard L. Parris *78
Richard Parris, a highly regarded mathematics teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy, died of cancer Oct. 23, 2012. He was 67. He earned a bachelor’s degree…
W. Aggrey Brown *74
Aggrey Brown, former director of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica…
Richard Williams ’65 *68
“Buck” Williams died Dec. 15, 2012, from cancer at home in Onondaga Hill, N.Y., surrounded by his family. Born in Washington, D.C., he came to…
Peter J. Warter Jr. ’54 *62
Pete Warter died Feb. 3, 2013, after a prolonged struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Trenton, N.J., Pete graduated from Trenton Central High School. He…
W. Stanley Brown *61
Stanley Brown, a member of the Bell Laboratories Research Department, died Jan. 16, 2013, at age 77. He graduated from Yale in 1956, and earned…
Marten S. Estey *52
Marten Estey, professor emeritus of economics at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, died Dec. 5, 2012. He was 94. Estey…
John J. Prucha *50
John Prucha, vice chancellor emeritus and professor of geology emeritus at Syracuse University, died Oct. 22, 2012. He was 88. Prucha received bachelor’s and master’s…
John E. O'Brien *66
John O’Brien, former general counsel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), died Oct. 24, 2012. He was 80. O’Brien graduated from Niagara University…
Edmund G. Johnson *53
Edmund Johnson, a retired senior vice president of the Haley & Aldrich engineering firm of Cambridge, Mass., died Jan. 3, 2013, at the age of…
Bruce Adkinson *48
Bruce Adkinson, a retired associate professor of political science at Hofstra University, died June 17, 2012, at the age of 89. Adkinson graduated from Pomona…
Thomas R. Young ’37 *38
Thomas Young died Jan. 24, 2013, at his home in Stamford, Conn. Before Princeton, he graduated from Exeter Academy and Deerfield. At Princeton he majored…
Bruce B. Ross *71
Bruce Ross, a former deputy director of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton, died Aug. 8, 2012. He was 68. After graduating magna cum…
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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