MEMORIALS
John S. Cook ’50 *55
John died of heart failure Jan. 23, 2011, in Falmouth, Mass. He graduated from St. Andrew’s School, where later he was a trustee for many…
Edward H. House ’50
Ed succumbed to recurrent cancer Feb. 13, 2011, in Trenton, N.J., where he was born and lived most of his life. He entered Princeton from…
Alfred De Jonge ’49
Al died April 1, 2011, in Stamford, Conn. At age 14 he narrowly escaped the Holocaust by helping his family get to England; a year…
John R. Westerfield Jr. ’49
John Westerfield died March 4, 2011, in New Haven, Conn. He was born in Glen Ridge, N.J., and raised in Essex Falls, N.J. After he…
E. Louis Werner Jr. ’49
Lou died Feb. 6, 2011, at his home in Paradise Valley, Ariz. He came to Princeton from John Burroughs School in St. Louis. After Princeton…
A. Jefferson Penfield ’49
Jeff Penfield of Longboat Key, Fla., formerly of New York City, Montreal, and Syracuse, N.Y., died peacefully Feb. 5, 2011, of malignant melanoma. A graduate…
Alfred F. Specht Jr. ’47
Alfred Specht, formerly of Atlanta and Wilmington, N.C., died Saturday March 26, 2011, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Al was born Feb. 4, 1926, in…
Norman Ward Jr. ’47
Norm’s Princeton career was interrupted in 1944, when he joined the Army Air Corps and served for three years as a navigator and bombardier. Returning…
Jackson E. Heffner ’46
Jackson Heffner died peacefully Jan. 3, 2011, at his son’s home in Cookeville, Tenn. Born in San Francisco Dec. 1, 1924, he grew up in…
Donald H. Gordon ’46
Donald Gordon died March 28, 2011, at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii. Born in Brookline, Mass., he attended high school there. Entering Princeton in June…
Howard J. Brown ’46
Howard Brown died of stomach cancer April 29, 2011, at home in Kenosha, Wis. Born July 31, 1923, in Chicago, he graduated from the Laboratory…
Francis X. Critchlow ’46
Frank died peacefully Jan. 4, 2011, at home. He was born Dec. 18, 1923, in Princeton, N.J., and attended local schools before entering Princeton University…
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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