MEMORIALS
Melvin Paul Antell ’49
Mel died Nov. 12, 2007, after a sudden flare-up of the lymphoma he had battled successfully for years. He was 82. He prepared for Princeton…
Elzey Gallatin Burkham Jr. ’48
Elzey Burkham died Oct. 12, 2006, at his home in Rye Beach, N.H., after a brief illness. Born in St. Louis, Elzey attended St. Louis…
Charles Howard Reeves ’48
Howie Reeves died Jan. 21, 2008, in Naples, Fla., where he and Shirlee were winter residents. Known as “Charlie” in recent years — especially in…
Charles Sinnickson Jr. ’44
Charlie died Dec. 5, 2007, in his apartment in London. We knew him as “Tiger,” a name familiar to his family. He lived in England…
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…
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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