MEMORIALS
Robert G. Vanderbilt ’48
Bob Vanderbilt joined us by way of Garden City (N.Y.) High School. He was a lifelong denizen of Garden City and died of emphysema there…
Richard E. Buenger ’44
A lifelong resident of Winnetka, Ill., Dick died Dec. 9, 2010. Dick came to us from New Trier High School, where he was a star…
Robert C. McGiffert ’44
Bob died Dec. 25, 2010, in Missoula, Mont., his home for 44 years. At Princeton he roomed with Dick Schueler, Charlie Richardson, and Jim McCaffrey…
Robert W. Marquardt ’42
Robert Marquardt died Dec. 21, 2010, in Vero Beach, Fla. Bob was raised in Montclair, N.J., and graduated from Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in…
John R. Alexander ’41
John died Dec. 29, 2008. He prepared for Princeton at Western Reserve Academy and Hotchkiss. At Princeton his major was history and he graduated with…
Robert W. Weber ’41
Bob died Aug. 3, 2010. A graduate of the Nichols School in Buffalo, N.Y., he majored in economics at Princeton and graduated with honors. He…
Charles Latham Jr. ’39
Charlie died Oct. 31, 2010, at Kendal at Hanover, a continuing-care retirement community in Hanover, N.H., 14 miles from his ancestral home in Thetford, Vt…
Edgar A. Spencer ’36
Our class secretary died in his sleep Nov. 14, 2010, in Falmouth, Maine, following two months of hospitalization, rehab, and hospice care. Born in Johnstown…
Saundra Weathers Banyard ’74
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sandy moved at an early age to Englewood, N.J. She excelled at Dwight Morrow High School. In 1970 she entered Princeton’s…
James Elkins III ’74
Jim Elkins, a businessman, significant figure at Texas Medical Center, and a member of one of Houston’s most prominent families, died of a heart attack…
Sanford S. Zeller ’65
Skip, a larger-than-life character whose warmth spread through every gathering he attended, from Reunions to motorcycle tours and racing events, died suddenly Aug. 25, 2010…
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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