MEMORIALS
B. Frank Poe Jr. ’43
Frank, a copywriter with the New York advertising agency of Needham & Grohman for many years before his retirement in 1972, died Sept. 7, 2009…
Thomas L. Killough Jr. ’43
Tom, our Annual Giving chairman from 2006 to 2009, died May 6, 2010, at Crestwood Manor, near Toms River, N.J., of complications from a fall…
William B. Sanford ’41
We have learned that Ben died of Alzheimer’s disease Sept. 8, 2008, in Dallas, Texas. Ben came to Princeton from the Peddie School, majored in…
Louis S. Weeks Jr. ’40
Louis died Aug. 21, 2010. A native of Long Island, N.Y., he followed his two uncles, Charles Coxe 1904 and Howard Coxe 1920, to Princeton…
Hendrik Van Oss ’39
Hank died peacefully in his sleep July 21, 2010, just five days short of his 93rd birthday. He spent his early childhood in the Netherlands…
Frederick S. Strong III ’35
Fritz died May 22, 2010, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Michigan, he came to Princeton from St. Paul’s School…
John S. McCormick Jr. ’35
John McCormick, known to us as “Johnnie” or “Barrel,” died July 16, 2010, at his home in Manchester, Vt. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Johnnie…
Roger C. Mills ’65
Roger Mills died of cancer May 3, 2010. He came to Princeton to study aerospace engineering and physics after two years at Annapolis. Through a…
Richard M. Jacobson ’64
Rick (also known as “Jake”) died peacefully April 7, 2010, at his home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, after a two-year battle with ampulla…
Donald Davidson ’57
Don died June 22, 2010. At Princeton, he majored in political science and joined Ivy Club. His chief interest was basketball. After graduation, Don earned…
Ardee Ames ’54
ArDee Ames died Feb. 21, 2010. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he graduated from the Loomis School. He was an English major and was married in…
Richard G. Smith ’53
A tragic automobile accident took the lives of Dick, his wife, Sally; their son, Matthew; and Matthew’s daughter, Laura, on June 3, 2010, as they…
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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