MEMORIALS
Alfred T. Copeland Jr. ’47
Alfred “Moose” Copeland died Oct. 10, 2011, after being struck by a taxi while walking to the train station in his hometown of Bronxville, N.Y…
Harold L. Colburn Jr. ’47
Harold Colburn died May 1, 2012, in Moorestown, N.J. Hal was one of the elite group of the Class of 1947 perfect dues payers. He…
John Davies ’47
John died March 27, 2012, in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, two years after a major stroke. John entered Princeton in the summer of 1943 after…
John A. Peters ’47
John died June 22, 2012, at his home in Scituate, Mass. Before entering Princeton in 1946 he served in the Army Air Force from 1943…
John C. Kinder ’45
The class lost a blithe spirit March 8, 2012, when John died at the age of 88. John was a graduate of Gilman School, where…
Clement E. Gardiner III ’42
Clement Gardiner died May 19, 2012, in Frederick, Md. Clem prepared for college at the Millbrook School. At Princeton he rowed on the freshman crew…
Donald C. McClure ’42
Donald McClure died June 1, 2012, in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn. He was 91. Don graduated from the Pentecost-Garrison School for Boys in Memphis…
William R. Smart ’41
Bill died March 21, 2012, at his home in Gilford, N.H. Born in Scotland, he and his family moved to Schenectady, N.Y., when he was…
Maynard E. Smith ’41
Maynard died April 17, 2012. Smitty, as he was usually known, came to Princeton from Hempstead (N.Y.) High School. He roomed with Van Flynn during…
Barclay T. Macon ’40
Cheryl Morris of Princeton’s Office of Alumni and Donor Records informed us that Barclay died May 25, 2012, in Atlanta. After growing up in Sewickley…
Robert B. Bush ’38
Robert Bush, longtime resident of Essex Fells, N.J., died Oct. 14, 2011, at the age of 94. Bob was born in Roseland, N.J., and prepared…
Henry L. Miller ’34
Hank Miller died April 5, 2012, at Homewood Retirement Center in Williamsport, Md. He was 99. Hank came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy, and…
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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