MEMORIALS
Douglas F. Coppi ’77
Doug, who specialized in construction engineering and management and dispute resolution, was our class treasurer from 1987 to 1992. He died unexpectedly Sept. 21, 2011…
W. Lee Rawls ’66
Lee Rawls died of acute leukemia Dec. 5, 2010. Lee grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Chestnut Hill Academy, where he was class valedictorian…
John Shirk ’65
John died of respiratory failure Nov. 8, 2011, at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was a graduate of Manheim Township High School in Lancaster, Pa…
John Maloney ’65
The class was saddened to learn that John Maloney died Aug. 13, 2011, in Asheville, N.C., of cancer. Born in Princeton and raised in Chappaqua…
N. Beverly Tucker Jr. ’62
Bev Tucker died of cancer (lung, then brain) Oct. 27, 2011, after four days in hospice care in Wickford, R.I., with his family present. Bev…
Peter B. Tisne ’62
Peter died of cardiac arrest Oct. 29, 2011, four days after hip-replacement surgery in New York City. Peter came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy. His…
Sumner Rulon-Miller III ’61
Sumner died July 11, 2011, at Bar Harbor (Maine) Hospital of prostate cancer. The son and grandson of Princetonians, he was born in Bryn Mawr…
Raymond M. Fox Jr. ’60
Ray died April 3, 2011, at his home in Jacksonville, N.C., as he had wished — with his wife, Bonnie, and son Paul holding his…
Henry E. Bessire ’57
Hank died Nov. 18, 2011. He came to Princeton from Louisville, Ky. At Princeton he majored in politics, joined Cap and Gown, and was a…
Hobart D. Betts III ’56 *61
Hobie died Nov. 28, 2011, at Stony Brook (N.Y.) Hospital of complications resulting from a fall. He was 78 and had lived in Sag Harbor…
John R. Smart Jr. ’52
Jack died Aug. 12, 2009, in Evanston, Ill. He came to Princeton from Lawrenceville, where he played varsity football, earning a letter in two years…
Edward E. Colby ’51
Gene was born June 8, 1929, in Aberdeen, S.D., the son of Roy B. and Hazel Hackett Colby. Raised in Topsham, Maine, he attended school…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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