MEMORIALS
Robert E. Royes ’56
Our friend and classmate Bob Royes died peacefully April 18, 2011, at his home on Cape Cod. Army doctors discovered Bob had muscular dystrophy in…
Paul F. Losi ’54
Paul Losi died Feb. 1, 2011, in Naples, Fla. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he graduated from Dickinson High School. He majored in architecture at…
Stephen L. De Staebler ’54
Stephen De Staebler died May 13, 2011, at his Berkeley (Calif.) home from complications of cancer. Born in St. Louis, he attended Kirkwood (Mo.) High…
Frank L. Durkee II ’54
Frank Durkee died March 25, 2011, from complications of a stroke. Born in Ouray, Colo., he graduated from Webster Groves High School in St. Louis…
C. Thomas Steffens ’53
Tom, who was predeceased by his wife, the former Meredith Roll, whom he married senior year, died of a stroke March 29, 2011, in Gladstone…
Frederic C. De Sibert ’53
Fred, as he was known to family and friends, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and educated in France until 1947, when he flew to the…
Harold J.H. Arensmeyer Jr. ’52
Hal died Sept. 22, 2009. He came to Princeton from St. Louis, played 150-pound football, joined Key and Seal, and graduated from the Woodrow Wilson…
Walter F. Weidler ’52
Walt died Jan. 24, 2011. He grew up in Merchantville, N.J. After graduating from Princeton he worked in various financial institutions in Philadelphia, including Colonial…
John H. Smith Jr. ’52
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Ludlow S. Fowler ’52
Lud died Feb. 27, 2009. He grew up in New York, attended the Browning School, and graduated from St. Mark’s before coming to Princeton. His…
Ellery C. Gay Jr. ’51
Ellery was born Sept. 24, 1929, in Little Rock, Ark., the son of E.C. Gay and Lillian Hinson Gay. He came to Princeton from Little…
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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