MEMORIALS
Peter P. Blanchard III ’74
Peter died Aug. 7, 2022, in his Manhattan apartment with his wife, Sofia, and son, Theo, at his bedside. After Princeton, Peter earned master’s degrees…
William H. Sydnor ’69
Described by classmates as “the consummate Southern gentlemen,” Bill died July 19, 2022. A proud lifelong resident of Richmond, Va., Bill attended St. Christopher’s School…
Virginius Randolph Shackelford III ’68
Shack died May 14, 2022, of complications from injuries incurred in 2017 while fox hunting in Virginia. He graduated with high honors from Woodberry Forest…
James Cory Ledyard ’68
Jim died June 25, 2022, peacefully in Annapolis, Md., of a long- term neurological disorder. He came to us from Bellarmine College Prep in San…
William McG. Gibby ’68
Bill died July 4, 2022, of respiratory failure in Califon, N.J. Bill came to us from Deerfield Academy, where he was on the football and…
Thomas R. Cory ’68
Tom died May 28, 2022, in Salem, Ore. He came to us from Phillips Academy, where he was active in cross country, track, and the…
Bruce E. Speidel ’67
Bruce died June 15, 2022, in Portland, Ore. He grew up in Royal Oak, Mich., and graduated from St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, Wis…
Richard W. Brewster ’64
Richard died July 15, 2022, after a courageous battle with mesothelioma from asbestos exposure on 9/11. He grew up in Glen Cove, N.Y., and came…
David H. Ibbeken ’63
Dave died June 27, 2022, in hospice in Charlottesville, Va., of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Soft-spoken, solid, and unfailingly polite, he led the University of Virginia Law…
Charles P. Campbell Jr. ’63
Chuck, a retired top executive for major pharmaceutical companies, died July 12, 2022, in his home by the lake that he loved in Pottsboro, Texas…
Joseph Bruce Nelson ’62
Bruce died June 24, 2022, in White River Junction, Vt., of Lewy body dementia. Coming to us from the Choate School, Bruce majored in religion…
David Howard Gordon ’61
David died in his sleep July 15, 2022, in Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, he came to us from Jamaica High School. At Princeton…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.
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