MEMORIALS
William D. Wu ’61 *79
Bill succumbed to lung cancer Dec. 18, 2007, while traveling in Shanghai, the city of his birth. Long before his death he had become an…
Ronald E. Stoker ’60
Ron died Feb. 3, 2005, after a three-year battle with primary amyloidosis and multiple myeloma. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., Ron prepared for Princeton at…
Joseph DiCarolis ’54
Joseph DiCarolis died Dec. 22, 2007, after a 17-year battle with multiple myeloma. Born in Hackensack, N.J., Joe majored in civil engineering at Princeton and…
Paul Joseph McGrath ’54
Paul McGrath died suddenly Oct. 2, 2007, at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he graduated from Lincoln High School…
J. Logan Burke Jr. ’54
John Logan Burke died March 20, 2008, at his home in Rockport, Maine. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, John…
Ronald Dale Schmidt ’53
Ron, who was born in Chicago and graduated from Wayland Academy in Wisconsin, died from complications of diabetes March 11, 2008, at his home in…
Jay R. Reese ’50
Jay, a longtime resident of Dallas, Texas, died there Feb. 7, 2008. Jay was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from George School and served in…
William W. Welbon ’50
Bill died Feb. 5, 2008, from cancer. He was 84. Bill graduated from Riverside (Ga.) Military Academy in 1942. He was a four-year World War…
Charles F. Schibener Jr. ’46
Charles Schibener Jr. died Dec. 14, 2007. He came to Princeton from the Friends Central School in Philadelphia, and after his freshman year spent three…
Huntington T. Block ’46
Huntington T. Block died of cancer Feb. 25, 2008, in his native Washington, D.C. Known as “Bucky” after the Washington Senators’ 1924 World Series manager…
Van Der Veer Varner ’46
Van Varner died Jan. 24, 2008, in Alamo, Calif., of complications resulting from a stroke. He was 84. Van was from Louisville, Ky. He entered…
Julian Ormond Cumberland ’45
Julian Cumberland died May 16, 2007. Julian entered Princeton with the large group from Lawrenceville. After college he joined Aramco’s operation in Saudi Arabia but…
Memorial PAWcasts
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
July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
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