MEMORIALS
Charles D. Compton ’40
Charlie died Jan. 5, 2008, in Bradenton, Fla., having devoted his life to education and writing chemistry textbooks. He prepared at Rahway (N.J.) High School…
Alan Tower Waterman Jr. ’39
Alan died of pneumonia in Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 9, 2008. After Princeton, Alan studied meteorology at Cal Tech, and during World War II, he…
Adrian Jacques Grossman ’39
Jack died March 10, 2007. After graduating from Princeton, Jack attended MIT, where he earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering. The following year he…
Robert Swan Mueller Jr. ’38
Bob died Dec. 26, 2007, in Dedham, Mass. He attended Gilman School in Baltimore, and at Princeton majored in psychology. Bob was on the varsity…
Charles F. Burroughs Jr. ’36
Charlie, a lifelong resident of Norfolk, Va., died at home Dec. 7, 2007. He came to Princeton via Norfolk Academy and Princeton Prep. Charlie was…
Melville Campbell Branch ’34
Mel Branch, described in a Los Angeles Times obituary as “an educator, author, and urban planner who taught at the University of Southern California for…
Stephen C. Hansen ’62
Stephen C. Hansen died of brain cancer Aug. 21, 2007, at home in Fox Chapel, Pa. He was diagnosed with the disease last May. Steve…
John Gordon Hopper ’61
John "Jack" Hopper died Sept. 26, 2007, of congestive heart failure at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. Jack entered Princeton from LaGrange (Ga.) High…
Douglass B. Forsyth ’60
Doug died Jan. 26, 2008, in Baltimore of complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was born in Baltimore and prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's School…
John Charles Coe ’60
John Coe died Jan. 20, 2008, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in Baltimore, Md. He entered Princeton from St. Paul's School and majored in philosophy…
Henry Raymond Hamilton McAllen ’60
Henry died Dec. 7, 2007, from complications following cancer surgery. He resided in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Henry was born in Chicago and prepared for Princeton…
Charles Alstin Smith ’59
Chuck Smith died at home Sept. 24, 2007, of cancer. Born in New York City, Chuck spent his youth in New Jersey and attended Scotch…
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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