MEMORIALS
George Arvid Peterson ’65
George Arvid Peterson died Nov. 21, 2008, at home in Washington, D.C., after a courageous, yearlong battle with brain cancer. George’s life was celebrated Dec…
Ben E. Laden ’63
A nationally known economist who worked in industry, government, and academia, Ben died Jan. 20, 2009, at home in Washington, D.C. He suffered from frontotemporal…
Talcott Griswold ’62
Talcott “Tim” Griswold died at home in Carlsbad, Calif., March 3, 2009, from pulmonary fibrosis. He had been in hospice care for six weeks. Tim…
Paul E. Epstein ’62
Paul Epstein died of pancreatic cancer March 12, 2009. He came to us from Swampscott (Mass.) High School. At Princeton, he dined at Key and…
Nicholas Andrew Rey ’60
Nick died of lung cancer Jan. 14, 2009, at his home in Washington, D.C. Born in Poland, he fled with his parents Sept. 5, 1939…
Michael Dennis ’58
Mike Dennis, who lived nearly all his life in Montreal, Canada, died there suddenly of heart disease Dec. 17, 2008. He was 72. Mike came…
Robert J. Blahut ’54
The class sadly reports the death of Robert J. Blahut, Feb. 9, 2009, after a brave and lengthy battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Born in…
Harold C. Hardenburg Jr. ’54
Hal Hardenburg died April 11, 2009, at his home in Cedar City, Utah, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Born in Plainfield, N.J., Hal graduated…
James Dickinson Rhodes Harder ’53
Jimmy, who brightened our lives with his good humor as our classmate and went on to appear in over 130 theatrical productions, numerous TV programs…
Stuart S. Smith ’52
Stu Smith died June 18, 2008, in Maryland, after a brief illness. He was 78 and still working full time at the Department of Justice…
Louis P. Mathews ’52
Born and raised in Baltimore, Pete Mathews graduated from the Gilman School, where he excelled at basketball and baseball. He converted to lacrosse while at…
Samuel S. Decou III ’52
Sam DeCou died Oct. 26, 2008. He wrote in our 50th yearbook that he had had “a wonderful life.” Sam graduated from the Lawrenceville School…
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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