MEMORIALS
Sydney R. Prince III ’55
Syd died Oct. 19, 2022, at his home in Battles Wharf, Ala., on Mobile Bay, the place he grew to love as a teenager from…
Gilmor S. Hamill IV ’55
Gil, a geologist who explored for oil throughout the world, died Sept. 27, 2022, in Moraga, Calif., after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. His…
Albert W. Dibbins ’55
Al, a renowned pediatric surgeon, died Oct. 12, 2022, at home in Portland, Maine. He had been president of the New England Surgical Society, founding…
James F. Babcock ’55
Jim, the first member of the Class of ’55 to serve as president after graduation, died Sept. 2, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. He was born…
Geoffrey McNair Gates ’54
Geoff died Oct. 24, 2022. He prepared at St. Paul’s School, where he participated in hockey, football, and publications. An English major at Princeton, he…
Frederick W. Fraley III ’54
Fred died Nov. 2, 2022. He prepared for Princeton at University School in Cleveland, where he participated in track, publications, and student government. He majored…
Richard Arthur Ely ’54
Dick died Sept. 21, 2022. He graduated from Ocean City (N.J.) High School after captaining its football team to an undefeated season. A biology major…
J. David Schnatz ’53
David, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., died Oct. 27, 2022. He came to Princeton from the Nichols School. He joined Charter Club, majored in chemistry…
David Macdonald Fitts ’53
David died Oct. 25, 2022. He was born in Plainfield, N.J., and came to Princeton from Plainfield High School. He joined Terrace Club and majored…
James K. Donnell ’53
Jim, of Cranberry Township, Pa., died Nov. 28, 2022, one month short of his 91st birthday. He grew up in Waterloo, Iowa, and came to…
Alexander Brody ’53
Alexander, the grandson of Hungarian writer Sándor Bródy, died in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 13, 2022. Born as Sándor Bródy in Budapest, he grew up in…
James Eyler Kittelberger ’51
Jim attended James F. Rhodes High School in Cleveland and Oberlin College before transferring to Princeton. He was a member of Key and Seal Club…
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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November 2026
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