MEMORIALS
Carroll Sprigg ’60
Carroll was born Nov. 8, 1938, in Dayton, Ohio, to John Sprigg, and Jeanette Emmons Sprigg. He had a younger sister, Louise, and an older…
Frank H. Davis Jr. ’57
Frank died June 15, 2012, at age 76. He graduated from Milton Academy, where he was captain of the hockey and track teams. At Princeton…
Daniel K. Lane ’55
Daniel Lane, son of Pauline Kerns and Clinton Welsh Lane, was born in St. Louis May 12, 1933, and died there July 2, 2012. At…
John W. Acer ’54
John Acer died June 24, 2012, after a long struggle with leukemia. Born in Medina, N.Y., he graduated from Hotchkiss. At Princeton, he majored in…
Thomas D. Wright ’51
Tom was born Nov. 22, 1928, in Richmond, Va., to Thomas D. and Claudia Lewis Wright. He grew up on Bonnie Brae Farm in Durham…
Addison L. Dyer Jr. ’51
Skip was born May 18, 1927, the son of Miriam White and Addison L. Dyer ’22. An Army veteran of World War II, he was…
W. Walter Braham Jr. ’51
Walt was born Dec. 8, 1929, in New Castle, Pa., to W. Walter and Selina Whitla Braham. He graduated from Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he…
B. Franklin Pepper ’51
Ben was born March 2, 1930, in Chestnut Hill, Pa., the son of Anna Harris and Benjamin F. Pepper ’27. He attended the Buckley School…
Douglas M. Dyne ’50
Doug, a longtime resident of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., died June 7, 2010. He graduated from Mercersburg Academy, having previously attended Ridgewood (N.J.) High School. At…
Charles Callanan ’47
Chuck died July 6, 2012. Chuck graduated from Albany Academy for Boys in 1943 and from Princeton in 1949. At the University, he was captain…
Heinrich D. Holland ’47
Dick Holland died May 20, 2012, in Princeton. Known as the “father of modern economic geology,” Dick edited the 10-volume Treatise on Geochemistry, first published…
William Bauer Jr. ’42
Bill Bauer died May 24, 2012, in Sparks, Md. Bill was born in Newark, N.J., and prepared for college at Blair Academy. At Princeton, Bill…
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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