MEMORIALS
Kenneth Bayard Samuels ’50
He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and graduated from Lawrenceville. At Princeton, he majored in politics and belonged to Court Club. After starting law…
John M. Drescher Jr. ’47
After graduating in 1949, he earned a law degree at Washington University, joined a prominent St. Louis law firm, and, for 40 busy years, practiced…
Arthur M. Cart ’47
In 1954, Art met “B.J.” (Elizabeth June Hawken) in New York at a Yale–Princeton football party and married her soon after. They had three sons…
Donald R. Deveaux ’47
This brilliant academic record foreshadowed Don’s very successful business career in the steel industry. His managerial talents led to appointments as CEO for several companies…
Harrison W. Smith ’47
Returning to Princeton in 1948, Smitty soon married Connie (Constance Norpell) and achieved an academic record of such distinction in his junior year that the…
Walter H. Thiede ’47
carpe diem He joined us as a V-12 premed student in 1943 and claims to have “rubbed shoulders with Einstein” before receiving a medical degree…
Delancey Nicoll III ’47
In between these military tours he graduated from Princeton in 1948 and married “Gini” (Alice Virginia) Vose in 1953. After a brief sojourn in the…
Tyler Defrance Evans ’46
Ty was born in Hinsdale, Ill., but grew up in Ridley Park, Pa., and entered Princeton in 1942. He majored in organic chemistry and graduated…
Norman Bruce Carson ’46
Bruce was born and raised in St. Louis, where he graduated from St. Louis Country Day School. He entered Princeton in 1942, joined the Navy…
Thomas F. Plunkett Jr. ’46
Tom came to Princeton in 1943 from the Darrow School, joined the Army Specialized Training Program, and moved to Ohio University after his freshman year…
Benjamin J. Gantt Jr. ’44
Ben, also known as “Bim,” came to us from Wyoming (Ohio) High School, where he graduated cum laude. At Princeton he was on the freshman…
Paul Vincent Kellogg Jr. ’44
A member of a family with many Princeton connections, Paul was widely involved in civic affairs. Besides being active in the United Way of Philadelphia…
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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