MEMORIALS
Richard Austin Emerick ’61
Born in Evanston, Ill., he was raised in the Twin Cities and came to Princeton from St. Paul Academy. At Princeton he majored in politics…
Robert Rehder *70 ’57 *70
The class has lost one of its most outstanding scholars. Robert Rehder died of a heart attack April 6, 2009, in Oxford, England, where he…
Edward William Pliska ’56
While at Princeton, Ed starred in Theatre Intime productions and was on the editorial board of The Daily Princetonian. He was active in IAA athletics…
Chris Alan Korbakes ’56
Chris was born and raised in Chicago, where he graduated from Northwestern Military Academy before being accepted at Princeton. At Princeton he majored in history…
Robert W. Shavelson ’54
Born in Philadelphia, Bob grew up in Absecon, N.J., and graduated from Atlantic City High School. He majored in chemistry at Princeton, was a member…
Hamman David Brown ’54
Born in Dallas, Texas, he graduated from North Dallas High School. At Princeton, he was a member of Charter Club and played varsity basketball. Ham…
Benjamin Franklin Edwards III ’53
After his retirement, Ben was succeeded by a non-family member who arranged the 2007 sale of the firm to Wachovia, which became part of Wells…
David Tarbell Buchanan Jr. ’53
At Princeton, he belonged to the Republican Club and signed up with Elm. He withdrew at the end of sophomore year, and from then on…
John Norman Pope ’52
John entered Princeton from Morristown High School with Don Malehorn, Bill Pritchard, and Bill Starrett. After graduation he entered Georgetown University Law School but withdrew…
Edward F. Beatty Jr. ’52
At Princeton, Ted majored in history and belonged to Elm Club. He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956. Ted joined…
Arthur Hughes Fawcett Jr. ’51
At Princeton he was a politics major, belonged to Dial Lodge, sang in the chapel choir, rowed with the 150-pound crew, and roomed with Craig…
Fred H. Gregory ’50
He practiced law for more than half a century but he may be remembered as much for his kindness as for his career. From 1943…
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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