MEMORIALS
Herbert Bayard Swope Jr. ’36
Although he had the name of a world-famous family (his father was the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, in 1917), he was…
Lee A. Knauerhaze ’67
Lee Knauerhaze died Nov. 23, 2007, in Houston after a three-month battle with lung cancer. Lee attended Hinsdale (Ill.) Central High School. At Princeton, he…
Donald M. Pett ’65
Don died at home April 26, 2007, two years after being diagnosed with stage-four kidney cancer. It is a tribute to his physical strength and…
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…
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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