MEMORIALS
Kevin M. Carlsmith *01
Kevin Carlsmith, a highly regarded associate professor of psychology at Colgate University, died of cancer Nov. 19, 2011. He was 44. Carlsmith graduated from Lewis…
George H. Edwards *67
George Edwards, the retired Edward MacDowell Professor of Music at Columbia University, died Oct. 23, 2011, after a long illness. He was 68. Edwards graduated…
Nigel M. Watson *59
Nigel Watson, a professor for almost three decades at Ormand College’s Theological Hall (Australia), died Oct. 23, 2011. He was 83. Born in New Zealand…
Sinclaire M. Scala *57
Sinclaire Scala, an aerospace engineer who had worked in the early space program, died Feb. 19, 2011, after a brief illness. He was 81. Scala…
Frank H. Blumenthal *41
Frank Blumenthal, who spent almost his entire career with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., died Dec. 29, 2011. Alert to the end…
Jorge Berguno *57
Jorge Berguno, a Chilean diplomat known for his expertise on Antarctica, died May 8, 2011. He was 82. Berguno obtained his first degree from the…
William S. Barnard *52
William Barnard, a retired vice president of research and development of the Chicopee Manufacturing Co. (a division of Johnson & Johnson Co.), died unexpectedly Dec…
Douglass S. Parker *52
Douglass Parker, professor of classics emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, died of cancer on Feb. 8, 2011. He was 83. After service…
Pierre Samuel *47
Pierre Samuel, professor of mathematics emeritus at the University of Paris-South, died Aug. 23, 2009, at the age of 87. Samuel published his first math…
Kai Lai Chung *47
Kai Lai Chung, professor of mathematics emeritus at Stanford and a noted specialist in probability theory, died June 1, 2009. He was 91. Born in…
Raymond B. Griffiths *40
Raymond Griffiths, retired executive editor of The Journal of Cell Biology at Rockefeller University, died Oct. 3, 2011. He was 96. Griffiths graduated from Rochester…
Brinston B. Collins *69
Brinston Collins, professor emeritus of political science at Norfolk (Va.) State University, died April 7, 2011. He was 74. Collins graduated from Morehouse College in…
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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