MEMORIALS
John B. Merrell ’46
Jack died Feb. 7, 2010. He had lived in Short Hills, N.J., and Stamford, Conn., for many years. Jack came to Princeton from Scotch Plains…
Charles Richard Bowers ’45
Dick Bowers died June 28, 2008. He entered Princeton from Frederick (Md.) High School and joined Cannon Club. Dick served in the Navy from 1943…
William Spencer ’45
Will Spencer died July 3, 2009, in St. Augustine, Fla., after a brief struggle with multiple myeloma. Will prepared for Princeton at Exeter and joined…
David Shearer Cooper ’44
Dave Cooper, who joined the Class of ’44 after transferring from the University of Virginia, died Aug. 11, 2009. Born in Minneapolis, Dave came to…
Harry Arthur Willson Jr. ’44
Harry died Oct. 1, 2009, in Cape May Court House, N.J. He was 88. An economics major at Princeton, Harry was active in basketball and…
Donald Ernst Bedard ’44 *56
Donald Bedard died April 7, 2010, in Wilmington, Del., after a long illness. He was 88. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Donald grew up in Springfield…
Peter C. Speers Jr. ’44 *49
Peter died Feb. 8, 2010, in Austin, Texas, where he had lived since his retirement in 1981. Born and raised in India by missionary parents…
Logan Chappell Bostian ’44 *49
Logan died April 8, 2010, in Williamsburg, Va. He was 87. A chemistry major at Princeton, he roomed with Bob Claytor, Ben Burns, and Tom…
Charles Perrin Willis ’44
Charlie Willis died Feb. 23, 2010, in a Pittsburgh VA hospital. He was 88. One of the first Princetonians to enlist as a Marine after…
Louis Lauther Seivard ’41
Lou died Feb. 22, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, N.J., he majored in chemical engineering at Princeton…
Roger Hinds Jr. ’40
Rog, a 48-year resident of Montclair, N.J, died April 18, 2010. He attended Carteret Academy and the Taft School, following his father, Roger Hinds 1906…
Charles E. Wilson ’40
Charlie’s son, Marc, reported that his father, a longtime resident of Bethlehem, Pa., died March 3, 2010. A graduate of Windber (Pa.) Area High School…
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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