MEMORIALS
Harold Clifford Mathisen ’44
Harold Mathisen died Feb. 14, 2010, at his Chatham, N.J., home. A lifelong New Jersey resident, Hal graduated as class valedictorian from Clifford J. Scott…
William E. Caldes ’44
A resident of Tijeras, N.M., Bill Caldes died Aug. 25, 2009, at the age of 87. Bill came to us from Hun and roomed initially…
Norman William Cook Jr. ’42
Norman Cook, universally known as “Topper,” died Feb. 5, 2010, at his home in Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa. Topper was the son of Norman…
Walter Smedley Jr. ’42
Walter Smedley, a Philadelphian and Quaker, died March 2, 2010, at Penncrest Farm near Media, Pa., the home where he was born. Walt prepped at…
Rayford Wardlaw Alley Jr. ’41
Chico died June 22, 2009, in Santa Fe, N.M. He came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy and majored in modern languages. He roomed with…
Willard L. Johns ’38
Willard L. Johns died June 6, 2009, in Hockessin, Del. Bill prepared for Princeton at Wyoming Seminary and Andover, where he was on the swimming…
Stephen Christopher Vella ’97
On Jan. 30, 2010, the class lost our friend and classmate Stephen Vella to cancer. He was 34. Stephen was a historian of Britain and…
Thomas Francis Nolan IV ’68
Tom died Dec. 20, 2009, in Berryville, Va., as a result of a heart attack. He was 63. Tom graduated from Springbrook High School in…
Edward Wardwell Pell ’60
Eddy died Jan. 6, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. He grew up in Philadelphia and came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy. At…
Donald G. Ross III ’58
We have been informed by the University that Donald “Sandy” Ross died Feb. 12, 2009, in Claremont, Calif. Sandy came to us from the Lawrenceville…
Robert S. Russell ’57
Bob died of cancer May 3, 2008. He came to Princeton from the Peddie School, where he starred in track. He spent only one semester…
Mark A. Fuller ’54
Hap died peacefully Sept. 5, 2009, at his summer residence in Asheville, N.C. He was born in Cincinnati and graduated from Wyoming High School. At…
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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