MEMORIALS
Harold Nelson Hobart Jr. ’52
Nels Hobart died March 16, 2011, in Hutchinson, Kan. He was 83. Born and raised in Kansas, Nels came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School…
Benjamin B. McAlpin III ’51
Ben was born May 3, 1929, in New York, the son of B.B. McAlpin Jr. ’21 and Alberta McKay McAlpin. He attended Greenwich Country Day…
Stuart M. Neely ’51
Stu was born March 6, 1930, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was the son of Judge William Neely ’17 and Jean Chamberlin Neely and a grandson…
Robert J. Daiute ’51
Bob was born Dec. 27, 1926, the son of Carroll F. and Dorothy Park Daiute, in Braintree, Mass. He attended Braintree High School and Thayer…
John S. Frey ’50
Jack died April 12, 2011, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He grew up in Corning, N.Y., in a family of…
Rudolf M. Riefstahl II ’50
Rudy died unexpectedly June 25, 2011, in Rochester, Mass. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, raised in New York City, and prepared for college at…
John A. Anderson ’50
John died peacefully May 2, 2011, at his home in Terrace Park, Ohio. He was born in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from nearby New Trier…
Paul W. Douglas ’48
Paul Douglas died Sept. 18, 2011. He was at Princeton with us for only two years, but that time was distinguished, as was his life…
E. Bayley Buchanan ’45
Bayley Buchanan died April 23, 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he attended Shady Side Academy and Deerfield Academy, and entered Princeton following in the footsteps of…
Nelson E. Hubbell Jr. ’45
Nelson Hubbell died Aug. 21, 2010, at the Cypress Cove retirement community in Fort Myers, Fla. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, following in the footsteps…
Wallace M. Erwin ’42
Wallace Erwin, teacher and Arabist, died Aug. 4, 2011. Wally grew up in Louisville, Ky., and prepared for Princeton at the Georgia Military Academy. At…
Horace C. Jones II ’38
Horace Jones, who spent most of his life in suburban Philadelphia, died June 8, 2011, in South Dartmouth, Mass. Horace graduated from The Hill School…
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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