MEMORIALS
Jonathan T. Schmidt *01
Jonathan Schmidt, a promising young attorney with an extensive record of community service, died Feb. 25, 2010, of prostate cancer. He was 36. Schmidt graduated…
Lewis Seymour Mudge Jr. ’51 *61
(The following is an expanded version of a memorial published in the Oct. 13, 2010, issue of PAW.) Lew Mudge, Christian theologian, professor, and ethicist…
John W. Zarker *58
John Zarker, a professor of classics emeritus at Tufts University, died Sept. 12, 2009, of complications from a brain tumor. He was 80. Zarker graduated…
Jack R. Pole *53
Jack Pole, an Oxford University professor emeritus whom The Times (of London) called the “foremost British historian of the United States in his generation,” died…
Michael Steinberg ’49 *51
Michael, who helped frame the listening experience of countless music lovers, died July 26, 2009, from complications related to cancer. He served as The Boston…
Michael M. Finefrock *76
Michael Finefrock, a professor of history at the College of Charleston, S.C, died Dec. 6, 2009. He was 69. Finefrock earned a bachelor’s degree from…
Ceasar E. Farah *57
Caesar Farah, a professor of history emeritus at the University of Minnesota, died Nov. 26, 2009. He was 80. Farah earned a bachelor’s degree from…
Huan T. Tran *02
Huan Tran, a research physicist, died Dec. 12, 2009, while sleeping. He was 35. Born in Vietnam, he was brought to the United States when…
Allan N. Kornblum *73
Allan Kornblum died Feb. 12, 2010, of esophageal cancer. He was 71. Kornblum received a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State and a law degree from…
Charles B. Zucker *70
Charles Zucker, an architect and urban planner, died Feb. 5, 2010, five productive years after the detection of pancreatic cancer. He was 66. Zucker received…
Donald Ernst Bedard ’44 *56
Donald Bedard died April 7, 2010, in Wilmington, Del., after a long illness. He was 88. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Donald grew up in Springfield…
Peter C. Speers Jr. ’44 *49
Peter died Feb. 8, 2010, in Austin, Texas, where he had lived since his retirement in 1981. Born and raised in India by missionary parents…
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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