MEMORIALS
James H. Wetter ’47
Jim graduated in 1946 and was recruited by the Boyle Investment Co. in Memphis to help set up an insurance agency for that company. While…
Frank C. Henry ’47
Frank served as a pilot in the Army Air Force before joining us in 1945. After earning his bachelor’s degree in 1949, he married Grace…
Dawson C. Smith ’47
Move over, James Bond, for ’47’s Dawson Smith. After three years of service with the Navy during World War II, he graduated in 1949 and…
Joseph R. Nini ’47
Apart from two years of World War II service in the Army Air Corps, Joe lived all his life in Princeton and served his community…
Edward Norris McLean ’45
Ted died July 4, 2009, after falling from a ladder two days earlier. He entered Princeton from Menlo Park (Calif.) Prep School, following in the…
Benjamin Pierson Ford III ’45
Ben died Sept. 26, 2009, after a long illness. Ben prepared for Princeton at the Hoosac School in Hoosick, N.Y., and joined Cloister Inn. His…
Albert Leroy Allen Jr. ’42
Albert was a native of Harrisburg, Pa., where he was born in 1920. He attended the Harrisburg Academy and Mercersburg. After his freshman year at…
Robert McCook Maxwell ’41
We have learned of Bob’s death Aug. 13, 2004, at Glenview Nursing Home in Old Saybrook, Conn. Bob was a graduate of Shadyside Academy. He…
Roger Stokes Morris ’41
We have just learned of Roger’s death March 2, 1998. He came to Princeton from the Peddie School, but left after freshman year and did…
Robert W. Shell ’41
Bob died Dec. 3, 2001. A graduate of Asheville (N.C.) School, he left Princeton at the end of sophomore year. We lost touch with Bob…
Peter H. Vermilye ’40
Pete died March 9, 2009, from complications of pneumonia and a stroke. He was “a towering figure in Boston’s financial scene,” according to an article…
Howard Griffin Turner Jr. ’39
Hap died peacefully Aug. 27, 2009, at home in Enfield, Conn., surrounded by family. He and Marion had moved there after living 43 years in…
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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