MEMORIALS
Donald L. Grant ’41
Don died Oct. 31, 2009, in Alpharetta, Ga. He prepared at White Plains (N.Y.) High School and Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in…
Simeon Hyde Jr. ’41
Sim died Dec. 26, 2011, in Hopewell House in Portland, Ore. A graduate of Andover, he majored in modern languages at Princeton, earning highest honors…
Howard Carl Hartman ’36
Carl died Feb. 5, 2012, in Washington, D.C., one month after his 95th birthday. He was born in Morristown, N.J., and prepared at Townsend Harris…
Walter M. Franklin III ’35
Born in Rosemont, Pa., and raised in Plainfield, N.J., he came to Princeton from the Loomis School. At Princeton, he majored in mechanical engineering; was…
Richard Sommer ’83
Richard Sommer died suddenly of heart failure Sept. 6, 2011, in London. Richard was born June 18, 1961, in Indianapolis. He was president of his…
Michael J. Malvern ’78
Mike died April 6, 2011, after a courageous 27-year struggle with multiple sclerosis. He came to Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School and lived…
Nina A. Nielsen ’76
Nina Nielsen died suddenly Jan. 15, 2011, at her home in Newport Beach, Calif., of pulmonary emboli. She was 56. Nina graduated from Riverside (Calif.)…
Craig V. Zwillman ’67
Craig died peacefully Oct. 28, 2011. He had suffered for 11 years from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Craig was a National Merit Scholarship finalist at Columbia…
John W. Migdal ’67
John Migdal died suddenly and unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack Feb. 16, 2010, while at work. He was involved in software in San Francisco…
Damon R. Runyan ’61
Damon died July 7, 2011, in Lakewood, Colo., after a brief battle with gall bladder cancer. Damon came to Princeton from Lakewood High School and…
William H. Beim Jr. ’59
After holding esophageal cancer at bay for eight years, Bill succumbed at home Sept. 11, 2011. Born in Minneapolis, Bill prepared for Princeton at Shattuck…
Arbie R. Thalacker ’57
Arbie died Jan 9, 2012, of pancreatic cancer. At Princeton he majored in English, joined Cap and Gown, and was active in swimming, football, flying…
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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