MEMORIALS
Myron E. Freund ’55
Mike Freund was born in Cincinnati (always a good start) April 22, 1934, and died June 3, 2012, after many successful skirmishes with the Man…
Edwin Hughson Beach ’55
Hugh Beach was born Sept. 29, 1933, to Dorothy and Paul Beach, and died April 22, 2012, in Binghamton, N.Y. Hugh prepared at The Hill…
Brooks J. Poley ’55
Brooks Poley was born Nov. 6, 1933, the son of Harris A. Poley, in Des Moines, Iowa. He died of cancer April 21, 2012, in…
Donald C. Emmons ’55
Donald Emmons, son of Clarence L. Emmons, was born June 20, 1933, in Paterson, N.J., and died of natural causes May 4, 2012, in Concord…
Keith E. Beery ’54
Keith Beery died Oct. 6, 2010, at his home in San Rafael, Calif. Born in Colorado Springs, Colo., Keith majored in economics and was a…
Murphy Evans ’54
Murphy Evans died July 1, 2012, in Raleigh, N.C. Born in Laurinburg, N.C., he graduated from the Woodberry Forest School. While at Princeton, he was…
James H. Weir III ’54
James Weir died from lymphoma June 6, 2012, at his home in Haworth, N.J. Born in East Orange, N.J., he was class valedictorian at Bloomfield…
John Van Bibber ’53
John was born in New York City, prepared at Taft, and majored in history at Princeton. He dined at Tower with roommates Bill Perry and…
Donald B. Shedden ’52
Don died Feb. 5, 2012, in Waverly, N.Y. Born in Sayre, Pa., he attended Sayre High School and graduated from Mercersburg Academy before attending Princeton…
Joseph A. Silverman ’52
Joe died May 7, 2012, at the Jewish Home in Rockleigh, N.J., from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 81. Born in Clifton, N.J., April…
Karl M. Light ’47
Karl, theater and television actor, former real-estate broker, champion and defender of affordable housing, died May 20, 2012, in Brooklyn. He had struggled for several…
Arthur Jacques Poillon ’47
Jake died Dec. 2, 2011, in Fairhope, Ala. His career in the Marine Corps spanned 36 years, and he retired as a major general. This…
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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