MEMORIALS
John W. Douglas ’43
John was a pillar of the class during our college years. His later career in government and private law in Washington epitomized “Princeton in the…
Lawrence P. Ralston ’39
Larry died Dec. 20, 2010, at Piper Shores, a retirement community south of Portland, Maine, the area where he had lived since 1982. Larry entered…
Twyla Sarfaty Alvarez ’86
Twyla died June 10, 2008, after an extended illness. She came to Princeton from Oklahoma City, was a member of Colonial Club, and majored in…
John B. Lewis ’64
Sadly, we learned that John Birt Lewis died May 13, 2010. He had very little contact with 1964 and Princeton over the years and very…
Richard B. Thatcher ’62
Richard died of lung cancer Oct. 1, 2010, in Huntington, N.Y. Richard came to Princeton from Hotchkiss. He roomed with John McWilliams, dined at Tower…
Robert H. Hall ’61
Bob Hall, known as “Tzaddi,” died Oct. 17, 2009, at home in Seattle. Born in Ann Arbor, Mich., he moved to Colorado at an early…
John J. Rhoads ’59
Jay died May 21, 2010, in Devon, Pa. Born in Abington, Pa., Jay prepared for Princeton at Abington High School and The Hill School, where…
William Butler IV ’59
Bill died of a stroke on May 20, 2010, in hospice care in Chester Springs, Pa. The Haverford School sent Bill to Princeton, where he…
William B. McKenna Sr. ’59
Bill died in Savannah, Ga., May 29, 2009. A native and lifelong resident of Savannah, Bill came to Princeton from Portsmouth Priory School. Although he…
Robert M. O'Dear Jr. ’59
Bob died April 7, 2010, at home in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bob came to Princeton from University High School in Lexington, Ky. He joined Quadrangle Club…
Christopher J. Heller ’59
Chris, a general and vascular surgeon, died Aug. 4, 2010, at his home in Tucson from residual complications of lung cancer that he first encountered…
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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