MEMORIALS
Thomas D. Truitt *59
Thomas D. Truitt, an engineer and software entrepreneur, died Feb. 7, 2009, at home. He was 79. Truitt attended Swarthmore College, earned a bachelor’s degree…
George Bishop Tatum ’40 *50
George Bishop Tatum, recognized as a distinguished scholar of American architecture and landscape architecture, died Oct. 6, 2008, in Danville, Calif. George prepared at Western…
William R. Evans ’44 *50
Bill died Nov. 17, 2008. He and his wife had lived on Manhattan’s East Side for several decades. Bill had no listings in our undergraduate…
Philip Strubing Blatz ’45 *48
Bing died Jan. 14, 2008, at his country house in Wilmington, Del. Bing prepared for Princeton at Tower Hill School and joined Cloister Inn. During…
Walter J. Kauzmann *40
Walter J. Kauzmann, the David B. Jones Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Princeton, died Jan. 27, 2009, of pneumonia. He was 92. Kauzmann graduated from…
Evan O. Kane III ’53 *55
Peace came to Tom March 4, 2009, in Savannah, ending an eight-year battle with a debilitating stroke. Through it all he never lost that distinctive…
Alexander G. McKay *50
Alexander G. McKay, professor emeritus of classics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, died Aug. 31, 2007. He was 82. McKay received a bachelor’s degree…
David Stuart Dodge ’45 *49
On Jan. 20, 2009, Princeton and our class suffered a grievous loss with the death of David Dodge. Raised in Beirut, Lebanon, David entered Princeton…
Robert S. Alexander *42
Robert S. Alexander, professor emeritus at Albany (N.Y.) Medical College, died Nov. 11, 2008, of cancer. He was 91. Alexander received bachelor’s and master’s degrees…
E. Keith Mcpheeters *56
A veteran of World War II, McPheeters received a degree in architecture from Oklahoma State University and an MFA in architecture from Princeton in 1956…
Reuben P. Prichard Jr. *56
Prichard was a 1947 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a 1955 aeronautical engineering graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School. In 1956, he received…
Karol Krotki *60
Born in Poland, Krotki escaped into exile after the 1939 Nazi invasion that started World War II. Enlisting in the British Army, he fought in…
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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