MEMORIALS
George Shiras ’46
George Shiras died peacefully June 17, 2011, in Mequon, Wis., from the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 86. A native of New Rochelle, N.Y…
Edwin De F. Bennett ’44
Ed died March 20, 2011, in Pompton Lakes, N.J. A child chorister at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, Ed came…
John G. Nelson ’44
Nels died Dec. 6, 2010, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Active in sports at Lawrenceville, he majored in English at Princeton before joining the Marines. In…
Herbert S. Bailey Jr. ’42
Herbert Bailey, publisher and bookman, died June 28, 2011, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Herb was born in New York City in 1921 and prepared at…
John Graham ’39
Chico died March 8, 2011, two months after celebrating his 95th birthday at his ranch in Bandera, Texas. His first job after college and a…
Hampton G. Silcox III ’36
Hampton died of Alzheimer’s disease April 27, 2011, in Worcester Township, Pa. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Jenkintown, Pa., Hampton came to Princeton from…
Robert L. Beeler ’71
Bob Beeler died suddenly from a heart attack Oct. 22, 2010. He was 61. Bob was born Dec. 21, 1948, and attended Hamilton Taft High…
Peter E. Thauer ’61
Pete died March 24, 2011, at his winter home in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in New York City, he was a resident of Saddle River…
Henry Richards ’61
Only recently did we learn that our classmate Henry Richards died Sept. 18, 2008. Henry came to us from Jamesburg (N.J.) High School. He roomed…
Richard L. Thurn ’59
Dick died April 15, 2010, at his home in Livingston, Ala. Born in Perth Amboy, N.J., Dick entered Princeton from Westfield (N.J.) Senior High 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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