MEMORIALS
Melvin P. Peisakoff ’48 *50
Born Aug. 11, 1948, Mel came to Princeton from Allerdice High School in Pittsburgh and majored in mathematics. After graduation he stayed on as an…
Nelson B. Noland ’48
Red — or Pinky, as he was known to many classmates — passed away peacefully May 16, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he was…
Paul Mott Rodda ’47 *51
Paul died Sept. 23, 2021, at the age of 95, after a fall. Active and involved all his life, Paul was on his way to…
Paul Mott Rodda ’47 *51
Paul died Sept. 23, 2021, at the age of 95, after a fall. Active and involved all his life, Paul was on his way to…
Patrick Henry Swearingen Jr. ’45
Harry died June 14, 2021, at his home in San Antonio, Texas. For all but the last few months of his 97 years, he enjoyed…
John Cooper III ’43
John died Sept. 7, 2021, in Portland, Ore., with his wife, Joan, by his side. The son of John C. Cooper Jr. 1909 and Martha…
Ronald Probstein *52
Ronald died Sept. 19, 2021, in Brookline, Mass., at the age of 93. Born in New York, Ronald spent his youth in Hell’s Kitchen, learning…
Vassos Soteriou *06
Vassos died Sept. 26, 2020, in Cyprus. Vassos was born Jan. 23, 1976, in Limassol on the island of Cyprus and grew up in Larnaca…
Ivan Tatum ’95
Ivan died Jan. 29, 2021, in his hometown of Dallas, Texas, of a blood clot in one of his lungs. Before coming to Princeton, Ivan…
Vincent Sherman ’90
Vince died July 1, 2021, at the age of 53. He graduated from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He was a dedicated…
Gary Shapiro ’72
Gary died Jan. 20, 2021, in Boca Raton, Fla. He had turned 70 Dec. 29, 2020. He came to Princeton from University School in Cleveland…
Robert Meers ’72
Robert died June 26, 2021, following a stroke, in Lake Forest, Ill. He was a successful real-estate developer and longtime participant in class affairs. He…
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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