MEMORIALS
John Patterson Coyle ’37
John died Oct. 15, 2009. He was a member of our class until his junior year, when he transferred to Antioch College. He prepared for…
Thomas Richard Eldridge ’37
Tom died Aug. 8, 2009. At Princeton and beyond he devoted himself to musical entertainment. He worked for a time with NBC in New York…
Edwin D. Ashton ’36
Ted died June 18, 2009, in Montecito, Calif., his home since 1998. At Princeton, Ted majored in economics, played tennis, and belonged to Whig-Clio and…
Robert Lee Garland ’29
Bob Garland was born Jan. 22, 1908, in Douglaston, N.Y., and was named by his grandfather, who had served in the Confederate Army of Virginia…
Kenneth Wilard Barrows ’22
KEN BARROWS died on Oct. 25, 1987, in Jenkintown, Penn. He was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and prepared for Princeton at Penn Charter School in…
Robert M. Capuano ’73
NOTE: The following is a corrected version of a memorial published in the Feb. 3, 2010, issue of PAW. Robert M. Capuano died suddenly Nov.14…
William Mayhew Dickey ’68
Will died at home Nov. 15, 2009, after an extended battle with cancer. Will came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School, where he was captain…
Barry Hance Nolan ’64
Barry died July 16, 2009, in Colorado Springs, Colo., after a courageous 15-year struggle with prostate cancer. Born in Easton, Pa., Barry attended Mount Hermon…
Gerald Scott Hammond ’60
Gerald Hammond died of a brain tumor July 30, 2009, in Hamilton, Ohio. At Princeton, Gerry joined Cap and Gown Club, was national chairman of…
Boyce A. Fincher Jr. ’59
A heart attack while mountain biking in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains claimed Royce on July 5, 2009. Royce attended Newman School in his hometown of…
Carl Michael Rahm ’59
Carl died June 18, 2008. We have no further details. Carl attended Morris Hills (N.J.) Regional High School before coming to Princeton. His home address…
Edward Shrader Ridgway ’59
Ed died June 1, 2009, of pneumonia, which he contracted while in the hospital in Atlanta, Ga., for a hip replacement. Ed came to 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.
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