MEMORIALS
Charles Beck Harman Nicholson ’42
Harman received his secondary education in Toronto and London. He transferred to Princeton from the King’s College School, London University, in fall 1939. At Princeton…
Michael Ernest Jenkins Jr. ’41
A native of Maryland, he graduated in 1937 from the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn. He left Princeton after his freshman year and attended…
Bryan Bell ’41
Born and raised in New Orleans, he left only to attend Princeton and then go to war. A graduate of Northwood School, he majored in…
George Nathan Cowen ’40
George prepared at Hotchkiss School, following his uncle, Edwin Cowen 1913, to Princeton. George majored in English, was on the freshman soccer and track teams…
Peter W. Michaels ’40
Pete died Nov. 22, 2008. He prepared at Scarborough School. At Princeton, he majored in English and graduated with honors. Pete was manager of the…
Peter D. Cole ’40
Pete died April 5, 2009, at his Groton, Mass., home. He prepared at Pomfret School before entering the Class of 1940 at Princeton. In 1941…
Richard Rolland Robinson ’39
After graduation from Princeton, he attended Harvard Business School and during World War II was stationed at Fort Mason in San Francisco as an Army…
Ronald J. Hull ’88
Ron died Nov. 21, 2008, in San Francisco; tragically, he took his own life. Ron grew up in Grosse Pointe, Mich., and attended University Liggett…
F. Jay Scribner ’67
Jay Scribner, an insurance executive with Guaranty Co. of North America, died in his sleep April 7, 2009, at home in Williams Township, Pa. Born…
Lawrence Perrin Donaker ’67
Larry Donaker died Sept. 3, 2008, in Berkeley, Calif. Like too many others, he was a non-smoking victim of lung cancer. Larry followed his brother…
Robert Laird Duncan ’65
Bob died peacefully Feb. 7, 2009, at home in Westfield, N.J. He had pancreatic cancer that was discovered in May 2007. Bob grew up in…
Mark G. Magilow ’65
Mark died March 11, 2009, in Dallas, Texas, after an extended battle with leukemia. He came to Princeton from Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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