MEMORIALS
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…
Pendennis White Reed ’31
He came to Princeton from Carteret (N.J.) Academy. At Princeton he took his meals at Quadrangle and roomed all four years with his classmate from…
Floyd Weinstock ’75
Floyd Weinstock died Aug. 24, 2007, of a traumatic brain injury suffered while rollerblading. Floyd came to Princeton after growing up in White Plains, N.Y…
Thomas Cheng ’74
Tom graduated from Lawrenceville, majored in chemistry at Princeton, and graduated from Weill Medical College of Cornell in 1978. Following further studies at Indiana University…
Diane E. Alington-Leaf ’73
(Following is an expanded version of the memorial published in the print edition of PAW.) Diane E. Alington-Leaf died Jan. 4, 2008, at home in…
Richard Wayne Hogan ’66
A native of Richmond, Va., Dick graduated from that city’s Manchester High School. At Princeton he was a Woodrow Wilson School major and a member…
Bruce Peter Vanda ’66
Bruce came to Princeton from Beverly Hills High School, where he was senior class president and a member of the wrestling team. At Princeton he…
Charles E. Mitchell ’63 *67
A champion pole-vaulter at Princeton and a legendary member of Tiger Inn, he set an enduring record at 15 feet 3 inches when the world…
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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