MEMORIALS
Joel T. Downey ’59
Joel died June 3, 2010, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian. He was living in Pittsburgh at the time. Joel came to Princeton…
Richard L. Watts ’59
Dick died at home July 1, 2010, after a short bout with cancer. He was living in San Rafael, Calif., at the time. Born in…
Rinn-sup Shinn ’57
Rinn died on his 82nd birthday, May 5, 2011, after a long struggle with cancer. He came to Princeton from South Korea, joining ’57 in…
Joseph L. Glass ’57
Joe died March 25, 2011. At Princeton he majored in biology and joined Court Club. His activities included 150-pound crew and “late-night poker.” His senior…
Harold M. Dick ’56
We mourn the May 9, 2011, death of Harold Dick, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, teacher, physician, and friend. Hal was raised on Long Island…
David Olfe ’55
David Olfe — an amazing man with a huge heart, and a generous, kind, patient, loving, devoted husband, father, stepfather, and “Opa” (as he was…
Andrew G. Ostrom ’54
Andrew Ostrom died peacefully May 5, 2011. He had had two cerebral hemorrhages that disabled him totally for the last three years of his life…
James D. Dana ’53
Although his father graduated from Williams, Jim, fortunately for us, followed in the undergraduate footsteps of his older brother, William Dale Dana’ 51. Also, like…
Thomas J. Hennon ’52
Tom died June 27, 2009, after a long battle with many health issues including Alzheimer’s disease. Tom was a true “townie.” He was born and…
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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