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Herbert B. Hechtman ’55

Herb, of Chestnut Hill and North Truro, Mass., died March 16, 2024, four days short of his 90th birthday. He was born and raised in…

John B. LaVecchia ’54

John (remembered as “Laveck”) died March 6, 2024. He came to us from Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., where he played on the school’s first…

Marc T. Inman III ’54

Marc died Sept. 27, 2023, in Oakland Park, Fla. He prepared at Nyack (N.Y.) High School and was active in swimming, track, and glee club…

Donald R. Taylor ’53

Don was born in Denver, Colo., and came to Princeton after graduating from South High School in Denver. He was a member of Quadrangle Club…

Cecil F. Backus Jr. ’51

Cecil came to us from St. Paul’s School. At Princeton, he majored in chemical engineering and was a member of the Yacht Club, the hunting…

Albert S. Richardson Jr. ’49

Al died at his home in Erie, Pa., Jan. 25, 2024, just weeks after celebrating his 97th birthday. Born and raised in the Cincinnati suburb…

David H. Hughes ’49

Dave, a true Missourian, was born in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 9, 1928, and died there Feb. 28, 2024. His family briefly lived in various…

Peter Haaren ’49

Peter died March 8, 2024, in Keene, N.H. His wife, Sally, predeceased him after almost 70 years of marriage. He is survived by his three…

Robert B. Zufall ’45

Bob died March 5, 2024, at age 99. He grew up in Irvington, N.J., and spent summers working on the family farm. At Princeton, he…

William C. McCoy Jr. ’45

Bill died March 9, 2023. He was 99. Finishing Exeter in 1941, Bill turned 18 three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and volunteered…

Joseph T. Schein ’37

Joe, the longest-lived ’37 classmate and oldest undergraduate alumnus in University history, died May 24, 2024. He was 109. Joe entered Princeton from Newark, N.J…

Jeffrey Albert ’64

Jeff Albert died of liver failure in Boston on July 28, 2016. He was at Princeton for little more than one year and, according to…

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2023: Lives Lived & Lost

PAW Published memorials for 569 alumni in 2023, and in this issue, we reflect on 13 of those lives, the impact they had on Princeton, their families, and the world.

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