MEMORIALS
John P. Wilson ’55
Jack died Sept. 19, 2025, at his home overlooking San Francisco Bay in Greenbrae, Calif. He attended Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton, he studied at the…
Fabyan Court Mathey ’54
Court died March 26, 2025. He prepared at White Plains High School and Hotchkiss, where he was active in soccer, dramatics, and glee club. He…
Bissell Jenkins Middleton ’48
Jenks died June 15, 2025, at age 98. Born in Charleston, S.C., Jenks grew up in Rochester before graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy and then…
Lloyd Stephen Riford Jr. ’46
Steve was a New York State legislator who served 8 terms as an Assemblyman and Senator, representing five counties in Central New York. He died…
Nicolas van de Walle *90
Nic died July 15, 2024, of cancer in Rochester, N.Y. Born June 25, 1957, in Brussels, Nic earned a B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania…
Nicholas J. Xenos *84
Nick died in Amherst, Mass., March 12, 2025, after a brief acute illness. Born in New York May 13, 1948, Nick earned his bachelor’s degree…
I.M. Destler *65 *71
Mac died March 27, 2025, in Woburn, Mass. He was 85. Born in Statesboro, Ga., on Aug. 21, 1939, Mac graduated from Harvard in 1961…
David W. Del Tredici *64
A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, David died in New York City, Nov. 18, 2023. Born in Cloverdale, Calif., March 16, 1937, David began advanced piano lessons…
William E. Schiesser *60
William died Aug. 22, 2024, in Bethlehem, Pa. Born in Abington, Pa., Jan. 9, 1934, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh in 1955 and…
Whitney F. Bolton *55
Whitney died in Granby, Conn., May 18, 2024, after a long illness. He was 93. Whitney was born Oct. 15, 1930, in New York, and…
Kobert R. Smith III ’82
Kobert died Aug. 15, 2023. He came from Los Altos, Calif., where he ran track and cross-country and was a high school All-American, and continued…
Hans E. Fenstermacher ’82
Hans died Jan. 15, 2024. Born in Munich, he came to Princeton from Columbia High School in South Orange, N.J., and majored in Slavic languages…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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