MEMORIALS
W. Philip Cotton Jr. ’54
Born in Columbus, Mo., he graduated from Hickman High School. At Princeton, he majored in architecture. His college activities were many and diverse. After graduation…
Roger A. Johnson ’54
Roger was a lifelong resident of Metuchen, N.J., and graduated from Metuchen High School, where he became an Eagle Scout and member of the Order…
Somers K. Steelman ’54
Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he was a graduate of Atlantic City High School and remained a resident of Longport, N.J., for the rest of his…
Edward Emanuel Peterson Jr. ’53
Bob Long, a St. Mark’s classmate and fellow Key and Seal clubmate, who roomed for four years with Ed at Princeton, remembers him as a…
Michael Douglas Bois ’51
In 1937 he came to the United States with his mother and stepfather and attended the Eaglebrook School and Lawrenceville. He entered Princeton in 1944…
Elmer King Squier ’51
He was in the Army’s 117th Cavalry from 1941 to 1946, serving in North Africa, Italy, and France. At Princeton he majored in biology and…
Robert B. Speers ’49
He prepared for Princeton at Montclair (N.J.) High School. At Princeton he majored in politics and joined Campus Club. After graduation, Bob spent three years…
James Norman O’Connor ’49
Jim died April 26, 2004. He was 76. He prepared for Princeton at Northern High School in Detroit, Mich. He left us to take a…
Peter Winants ’48
The Chronicle of the Horse After Princeton and service in the Army, Peter began his career with a photography business in Baltimore with his brother…
Charles B. Forcey ’47
His marriage in 1949 to Pamela Cottier (daughter of Hamilton Cottier ’22 *23, who was a lecturer in English at Princeton and later associate dean…
William Cooke Andrews ’46
He was a premed student in the Navy V-12 program and was accepted to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine at the end of his sophomore…
Allan A. Gilbert ’46
Al came to Princeton from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill. He entered the V-12 Navy program and saw action in the battle of…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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