MEMORIALS
Bernhardt G. Blumenthal *65
Bernhardt Blumenthal, professor of German at LaSalle University in Philadelphia and chair of its foreign-languages and literatures department for 43 years, died at home of…
Howard C. Curtiss Jr. *65
Howard Curtiss, Princeton professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a pioneering researcher in helicopter aerodynamics, died Sept. 20, 2012, of bladder cancer. He…
John L. Brinkley *65
John Brinkley, professor of classics emeritus at Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC), died Sept. 14, 2012, at the age of 75. In 1959, Brinkley graduated from H-SC…
Rowland Richards Jr. ’57 *64
Toby died Jan. 8, 2013. At Princeton, he joined Court Club and majored in civil engineering. After graduating he earned a master’s degree in civil…
R. Fred Iacobelli *54
Fred Iacobelli, who was a Navy officer from 1945 to 1965 and later worked at implementing Arizona’s vehicle-emissions program, died Nov. 2, 2011. He was…
Eliot S. Berkley *52
Eliot Berkley, the retired longtime executive director of the International Relations Council in Kansas City, Mo., died Sept. 17, 2012. He was 88. Born in…
Charles R. Biggs ’50 *51
Charlie died Nov. 2, 2012, at the Winchester (Va.) Medical Center. He was a resident of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. After graduating from Wilmington (Del.) Friends…
Geoffrey B. Leech *49
Geoffrey Leech, a retired Canadian government geologist, died April 17, 2012, while walking in the woods. He was 93. Leech graduated from the University of…
Robert Bailey *69
Robert Bailey, faculty member at Juilliard and the retired Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Music emeritus at NYU, died of cancer July 6, 2012…
Donald B. Knudsen *65
Donald Knudsen, retired member of the technical staff of Lucent Technologies (successor to AT&T’s Bell Laboratories), died Dec. 29, 2011. He was 74. Knudsen graduated…
Gregory T. Polletta *61
Gregory Polletta, retired professor of modern literature at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), died peacefully Aug. 6, 2012. He was 82. Born in Italy, he…
Walter H. Evert Jr. *60
Walter Evert, professor of English emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, died April 5, 2012. He was 88. Evert joined the Navy after the attack…
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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