MEMORIALS
Ralph Koenig Ritchie ’34
After graduating magna cum laude in 1934, Ralph worked for Time Inc. before serving in World War II, after which he was awarded a Purple…
Andrew O. Linehan *84
Andrew Linehan, an expert on wind power, died Jan. 8, 2010, of metastatic melanoma. He was 54. Linehan received a bachelor’s degree from Reed College…
Michael H. Jordan *59
Michael Jordan, who had successfully turned around major corporations, died May 25, 2010, of neuroendocrine cancer. He was 73. Jordan graduated from Yale in 1957…
Norman B. Ryder *51
Norman Ryder, the eminent demographer and Princeton professor emeritus of sociology, died June 30, 2010, after a fall. He was 86. Born in Canada, Ryder…
Stephen Valentine III ’47 *49
Note: The following memorial is a corrected version of the one published in the Dec. 8, 2010, issue. His expertise led to 20 years of…
John A. Logue *76
John Logue, professor of political science at Kent State University, died Dec. 9, 2009, after a month’s illness. He was 62. Logue earned a bachelor’s…
Gilbert Ware *62
Gilbert Ware, a retired professor emeritus of political science at Drexel University, died Feb. 10, 2010. He was 76. Ware graduated from Morgan State University…
James P. Harrington ’47 *51
Jim Harrington died Feb. 27, 2010. Raised in Lucknow, India, Jim returned to the United States to complete high school in New York. He served…
Joseph H. Perlmutt *50
Joseph Perlmutt, a retired professor emeritus at the School of Medicine of UNC, Chapel Hill, died Nov. 17, 2009, at the age of 90. Perlmutt…
Arthur C. Close ’46 *50
Arthur Close died June 19, 2010, in his home in McLean, Va., of Parkinson’s disease and a blood disorder. He was 85. Art was born…
Henry E. Levinson *76
Henry Levinson, professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) since 1982, died Jan. 4, 2010, of complications from multiple…
David E. Apter *54
David Apter, the retired Henry J. Heinz II Professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Yale, died May 4, 2010, of cancer. He…
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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