MEMORIALS
Luther H. Hutchinson ’48
Luther died May 14, 2022, at age 98. Known as “Hutch” to many, Luther graduated from Princeton in June 1947 with a degree in economics…
John M. Peacock ’46
John died Aug. 17, 2022. Born in Cleveland in 1925, John and his family moved to Flanders, N.J., shortly after, where he and his older…
Brooke Stoddard ’37
Regretfully we report the death of Brooke Stoddard in Cleveland, Ohio July 14, 1965, following a long illness. Brooke was well known to many of…
Richard T. Williams *74
Richard died July 5, 2021, of AML leukemia in Winston-Salem, N.C. Born May 27, 1946, in Tarboro, N.C., Richard earned a bachelor’s degree in physics…
Elizabeth E. Bailey *72
The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton, Elizabeth died Aug. 19, 2022, of complications of Parkinson’s disease in Reston, Va. Born…
R.H. Woodward Waesche *65
Born in Baltimore Dec. 20, 1930, Woody graduated from Williams in 1952 with a degree in physics. After graduation, he served in the Army’s Ordnance…
Eric D. Rothstein *62
Eric died Sept. 13, 2021, in Madison, Wis., three days after a heart attack. He was born March 12, 1936, in Brooklyn. He graduated summa…
William G. Reinecke *62
Bill died May 31, 2021, in Peabody, Mass. Born July 21, 1935, in South Bend, Ind., Bill graduated from Purdue University and earned a Ph.D…
Frederic A. Rzewski *60
Frederic died June 26, 2021, of a heart attack in Montiano, Italy. He was 83. A “daredevil pianist” and iconoclastic composer, Frederic was born in…
Robert W. Besant *59
Robert died Oct. 31, 2021, in Calgary, Canada. He was born Feb. 5, 1935, in Winnipeg. A graduate of the University of Manitoba with a…
Robin B. Gray *57
Robin died in Atlanta April 6, 2022. He was born in Statesville, N.C., Dec. 4, 1925. He earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering at…
Christopher R. Steven ’91
Chris died July 19, 2022, at the age 53 from undetermined causes. Born March 20, 1969, he prepared for Princeton at Ridley College, Ontario, Canada…
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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