MEMORIALS
William W. Backes Jr. ’62
William Backes died Dec. 20, 2011, at home in Yardley, Pa., after a long illness. Son of William W. Backes ’26, Bill came to Princeton…
Horace Blair Klein ’61
We lost Blair Dec. 18, 2011, in St. Croix Falls, Wis., after a 2 1/2-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in St. Paul, Minn., Blair…
Gilbert B. Kirwin ’58
Gilbert “Gib” Kirwin came to Princeton from Far Rockaway High School in Queens, N.Y., where he had been president of his class and an All-New…
James MacWilliam Jr. ’54
James MacWilliam died Jan. 14, 2012, in Houston from complications following open-heart surgery. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he prepared for college at Wilkes-Barre Academy and…
Robert W. Hoedemaker ’51
Bob was born July 1, 1930, in Paterson, N.J., the son of Peter and Mildred Koch Hoedemaker. He attended Passaic Valley High in Little Falls…
Peter G. Rounds ’51
Pete was born May 26, 1927, the son of Harold E. Rounds, and graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1945. He was in the Army…
Kenneth E. Frost ’51
Ken was born Nov. 26, 1928, in New York City, the son of M. Kenneth and Maude (Jenkins) Frost. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At Princeton…
Frederick S. Nelson ’51
Sandy was born March 26, 1926, the son of W. Ripley and Margaret (Seymour) Nelson. A graduate of Choate, he served in the Merchant Marine…
Harrison McMichael ’50
“Mac” died Nov. 20, 2011. Born in Philadelphia, Mac came to Princeton from Lawrenceville. At Princeton, he was a member of Terrace and graduated with…
James C. McClave ’50
Jim died Nov. 30, 2011, at his home in Stuart, Fla. He graduated from Cliffside Park (N.J.) High School and was a Navy officer during…
Edward N. Meldahl ’50
“Ted” Meldahl died peacefully Nov. 11, 2011, in North Carolina. After graduating from Choate, he studied in the Navy V-12 program at Notre Dame and…
Garth K. Graham ’45
Garth Graham died March 24, 2011. Garth entered Princeton from York Community High School in Illinois and joined Key and Seal. In 1944 he received…
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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