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…
Milton B. Babbitt *42 *92
Milton Babbitt, noted composer, theorist, electronic music pioneer, and Princeton’s William Shubael Conant Professor of Music emeritus died Jan. 29, 2011. He was 94. Babbitt…
T. Alexander Pond ’46 *53
Alec Pond died peacefully Aug. 29, 2010, at home in Vermont. He was 85. Born in Los Angeles, he came to Princeton in June 1942…
John Diebboll *82
John Diebboll, a prominent architect who had a second career as an artist, died Nov. 23, 2010, of brain cancer. He was 54. Diebboll graduated…
E. Victor Wolfenstein *65
Victor Wolfenstein, professor of political science at UCLA, died Dec. 15, 2010, of cancer. He was 70. He received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia in…
Oleg Grabar *55
Oleg Grabar, a distinguished scholar of Islamic art and architecture and retired professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, died Jan. 8, 2011, of…
Philipp O. Naegele *55
Philipp Naegele, violinist and retired William R. Keenan Professor of Music at Smith College, died at home Jan. 30, 2011. He was 83. Born in…
Leroy K. McCune ’40 *50
Roy died March 16, 2011, in Greenville, Del. He was 93. After preparing at the Friends School, he majored in chemical engineering at Princeton, was…
Albert E. Marshall Jr. ’42 *48
Ted died Feb. 4, 2011, in Sarasota, Fla., from complications following a fall. Ted was born in Baltimore and came to Princeton from Scarsdale (N.Y.)…
Richard C. Holbrooke *70
Richard Holbrooke, special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Dec. 13, 2010, after surgery for a torn aorta. He was 69. Holbrooke was among…
David R. Ellis *62
David Ellis, a retired aeronautical engineer who loved flying, died Oct. 26, 2010. He was 75. Born into a family of aviation pioneers, Ellis learned…
Joseph B. Kruskal Jr. *54
Joseph Kruskal, an eminent statistician who was a retired member of the technical staff of Bell Labs, died Sept. 19, 2010. He was 82. Kruskal…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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