MEMORIALS
Walter A. Saitta ’44
Walt was a leader in the insurance business for most of his career. Born in Westfield, N.J., the son of a Metropolitan Life Insurance Co…
Gazaway Lamar Crittenden Jr. ’41
An Exeter graduate, he majored in the School of Public and International Affairs. Crit played freshman and varsity lacrosse and was manager of Express Reunion…
John Edward Krout ’41
Born in 1920 in Narberth, Pa., he graduated cum laude from the Haverford School and with honors from Princeton. While at Princeton, John was on…
Harmon Hadley Ashley Jr. ’41
He prepared at the Hun School and Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in English and graduated with honors. Ash was a columnist and book reviewer…
Walter Rankin Sylvester ’39
His early career as a test engineer led him into federal government research and engineering. He was assigned to NASA as a research scientist and…
John Stager Shirk ’39
Johnny had forged a second career as a civic leader while managing two family farms. After graduate work at the University of Chicago, he served…
Thomas Quinlevan Gilson ’38
He was born in Summit, N.J., and attended Summit High School. At Princeton he majored in economics, graduating magna cum laude and as a member…
William E. Attwood Jr. ’36
At Princeton, Bill was in the School of Public and International Affairs. He was a member of Cap and Gown and the Glee Club, and…
Gilbert Lea ’36
Gil served Princeton well all his life, as one-time chairman of Annual Giving, chairman of the athletic committee, and a member of the Alumni Council…
Robert Budd Gibby ’36
He came from Roselle, N.J., the son of Edgar M. Gibby 1899 and Janet G. Brown. He attended Pingry and The Hill School. Later he…
Bayard Henry Roberts ’34
In his final president’s message he wrote, in part, “The past five years have been most rewarding ones for me. . . . Thanks and…
James Hamilton Scheifley ’34
He and his wife, the former Dorothy Marx of Madison, Wis., moved to Delray Beach, Fla., where Jim, an avid fisherman, soon became a familiar…
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.
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