MEMORIALS
John Donovan ’86
John died Jan. 24, 2022, of heart failure. He was 58. He went to Weymouth North High School in Massachusetts. At Princeton John studied chemical…
Seth L. Elan ’79
Seth died March 26, 2021, of brain cancer in Washington, D.C., where he had lived since 1988. He entered Princeton with the Class of 1978…
Brooke Millon Barton ’75
We lost Brooke Jan. 11, 2022, when she died of unsuspected cardiac problems at her home in Los Angeles. She was a brilliant doctor, a…
Jan Hettich ’74
Jan was outstanding throughout his academic career. He loved mathematics, chess, and Japanese Go from an early age. He was valedictorian at Penncrest High School…
Cha Hong Koo ’73
Cha Hong Koo died Feb. 11, 2022. He was 76. Cha Hong was the chairman of LS Group, a South Korean chaebol (conglomerate) between 2004…
Gary N. Sivak ’72
Gary died Sept. 24, 2021. He was 70. Gary was born in Elizabeth, N.J. After graduating from Carteret (N.J.) High School, he graduated in 1972…
Richard M. Ferrugio ’71
Our multi-talented and widely admired classmate Rich excelled as an actor, caterer, painter, and innkeeper before succumbing to pancreatic cancer Nov. 15, 2021. Rich came…
Jon C. Cieslak ’71
A devoted family man, stalwart community supporter, and loyal Princetonian, Jon died Oct. 11, 2021, of complications following spinal surgery in Minneapolis, Minn. He lived…
Keith J. Mauney ’70
Keith died Feb. 8, 2022, following his daily workout, of a heart attack apparently related to a COVID infection, despite being fully vaccinated and boosted…
Gary C. Hourihan ’70
Gary died Feb. 3, 2022, among his family in Pasadena, Calif., following a harrowing battle with lymphoma. He was one of our outstanding management-policy professionals…
Alfred G. Piranian ’69 *74
Al, aerospace engineer, aviator, and loyal Princetonian, died in a small-plane crash Feb. 24, 2022. Al grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Germantown Academy…
Alfred G. Piranian ’69 *74
Al, aerospace engineer, aviator, and loyal Princetonian, died in a small-plane crash Feb. 24, 2022. Al grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Germantown Academy…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.
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