MEMORIALS
David R. Boggs ’72
David, an electrical engineer and computer scientist who helped create the Ethernet computer communications protocol and technology, died Feb. 19, 2022, at Stanford Hospital in…
Alan Benes Vlcek ’69
Alan died Feb. 24, 2022, after an illness of several months. He was predeceased by his older brother Jan Benes Vlcek ’65. Alan was very…
Judson S. Griffin Jr. ’69
Known to Princeton friends as Skip, and to family as Judd, Skip died April 28, 2022, at his home in Binghamton, N.Y. He was a…
Henry F. Cygan Jr. ’66
Hank died April 6, 2022, in Rockport, Maine, of post-operative complications. Hank grew up in New Bedford, Mass., where he developed a lifelong love of…
Neil Jon Bloomfield ’66
Neil died May 5, 2022, following a stroke. He came to Princeton from the Horace Mann School in New York City, where he was on…
Elpidio F. Olympio ’65
Elpidio was born in Lome, Togo, Aug. 5, 1940. He died Sept. 5, 2021, in Paris, where he was working, as well as in London…
Arthur M. Mellor ’63 *68
Mac, mellow songster and brilliant propulsion engineer, died Jan. 25, 2022, in Durham, N.C. He retired in 2004 as Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering at…
Arthur M. Mellor ’63 *68
Mac, mellow songster and brilliant propulsion engineer, died Jan. 25, 2022, in Durham, N.C. He retired in 2004 as Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering at…
Michael W. McCarthy ’63
Mike, retired CEO of Williams Steel and Hardware in Minneapolis, died April 15, 2022, after a yearlong bout with cancer. He grew up in Excelsior…
John Strong Bevan ’63
John died April 12, 2022, of congestive heart failure in an assisted-living home near Gladwyne, Pa., where he was born and lived most of his…
Dennis Duff Stewart ’62
Duff died March 26, 2022. This kind, amiable, adventurous man leaves behind his spouse of nearly 40 years, Connie; a brother Pom; and an adopted…
Harry Mattison Tollerton ’61
Harry died Jan. 26, 2022, in Prince Frederick, Md., having lived for years in nearby Port Republic. We are grateful to neighbor Sally Combs for…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
December 2025
Judge Michael Park ’98; shifts in DEI initiatives; a night at the new art museum.
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