MEMORIALS
Nicholas Andrew Rey ’60
Nick died of lung cancer Jan. 14, 2009, at his home in Washington, D.C. Born in Poland, he fled with his parents Sept. 5, 1939…
Michael Dennis ’58
Mike Dennis, who lived nearly all his life in Montreal, Canada, died there suddenly of heart disease Dec. 17, 2008. He was 72. Mike came…
Harold C. Hardenburg Jr. ’54
Hal Hardenburg died April 11, 2009, at his home in Cedar City, Utah, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Born in Plainfield, N.J., Hal graduated…
Robert J. Blahut ’54
The class sadly reports the death of Robert J. Blahut, Feb. 9, 2009, after a brave and lengthy battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Born in…
James Dickinson Rhodes Harder ’53
Jimmy, who brightened our lives with his good humor as our classmate and went on to appear in over 130 theatrical productions, numerous TV programs…
Samuel S. Decou III ’52
Sam DeCou died Oct. 26, 2008. He wrote in our 50th yearbook that he had had “a wonderful life.” Sam graduated from the Lawrenceville School…
Stuart S. Smith ’52
Stu Smith died June 18, 2008, in Maryland, after a brief illness. He was 78 and still working full time at the Department of Justice…
Louis P. Mathews ’52
Born and raised in Baltimore, Pete Mathews graduated from the Gilman School, where he excelled at basketball and baseball. He converted to lacrosse while at…
Frederic Hume Wells ’51
Hume was born Nov. 29, 1926, in New York City. Through his father, Frederic Jay Wells, he was descended from John Jay, first chief justice…
Francis Reed Hollendonner ’51
Fran was born Feb. 19, 1927, in Jeannette, Pa., graduated from high school there, and after serving in the Coast Guard during World War II…
George Delano Kopperl ’51 *56
George was born March 17, 1930, in Orange, N.J., and came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, Andover. A chemical engineer, he belonged to Cannon and…
Harry R. Perley Jr. ’50
Bob died Jan. 26, 2009, in Westfield, N.J. He was born in New York City and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y. At…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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