MEMORIALS
Michael B. Epstein ’71
Mike died Jan. 6, 2011, in Chicago, soon after contracting a rare form of cancer. He came to Princeton from Elmira, N.Y., where he attended…
Edward M. Berkelhammer ’63
Ed Berkelhammer, a psychiatrist in Manhattan and senior attending psychiatrist for Rikers Island Correctional Facility, died of cancer Sept. 11, 2010, in New York City…
Michael P. Eckles ’63
Mike Eckles died Dec. 12, 2010, in Dodge City, Kan. He enjoyed a fulfilling and wide-ranging career that led him from retailing to green technologies…
Truman A. Clark ’63
Truman Clark, an economist, died Feb. 21, 2010, of congestive heart failure in Healdsburg, Calif., where he grew up. Truman had recently built a new…
Edward W. Smolensky ’57
Ed died April 7, 2010 of Parkinson’s disease after a long struggle. He was 74 and a resident of Pinehurst, N.C., at the time. After…
Thomas K. Smith ’55
Born April 1, 1933, at Suomi Crossing in Dodge County, Ga., Tom Smith, an attorney, churchman, and businessman, died Jan. 29, 2011, in Atlanta. The…
Robert G. Cook ’54
Robert Cook died March 4, 2011, from lung cancer. Born in Allentown, Pa., he was an English major and a member of Terrace Club, where…
James C. Chester ’52
Chips Chester died of brain cancer July 9, 2010, at his home in Washington, D.C. Born and raised in Wisconsin, he attended school in Milwaukee…
John P.C. Matthews ’51
Born April 18, 1929, John was the son of Thomas S. Matthews ’22 and Juliana Cuyler Matthews, grandson of Paul Matthews 1887, and nephew of…
Walter R. Donahue ’48
Walt Donahue died Feb. 24, 2011. He was born in April 1920 and came to us by way of Lower Marion High School in Ardmore…
Richard A. Stevens ’47
Dick left us with little information about himself in our yearbooks and only a brief obituary. We do know that he served in the Navy…
J. Mahlon Buck Jr. ’46
Jim Buck died March 16, 2011, of heart failure at his home in Haverford, Pa. Jim, a man of many interests, and his brothers were…
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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