MEMORIALS
H. Wayne Bancroft ’56
Wayne died April 11, 2022, in Marlton, N.J., at age 87. Formerly of Haddonfield, he went to Moorestown Friends School. At Princeton, he was captain…
Joseph Rollin Otto Jr. ’55
Rolly was an active participant in the floating penny-ante poker games embraced by the 10 seniors clustered in the fourth entry of Oughty-One. He died…
Sanford W. Weiss ’54
Sandy prepared at St. Louis Country Day School, where he excelled in football and track. Majoring in psychology at Princeton, his senior thesis was published…
James M. Palmer ’54
Jim died Jan. 1, 2022. Orphaned at age 5, Jim was raised and completed high school at the Girard College for Orphans in Philadelphia. He…
William G. Hamilton ’54
Bill died March 29, 2022, of congestive heart failure. He prepared at Sewanee Military Academy. At Princeton, he majored in basic engineering and joined Cannon…
John Eskridge Culver ’54
John died March 27, 2022. At Wicomico (Md.) High School he was active in publications and dramatics and was a sports manager. At Princeton, he…
John C. Stone II ’53
John, of Greensboro, Vt., and Hanover, N.H., died Aug. 30, 2022, at his Greensboro home after a full day of outdoor activity. John was born…
James Chih Hao Teng ’52
Jim came from St. Francis Xavier’s College in Shanghai to study chemical engineering and eat at Court. He played soccer and joined the Outing Club…
Thomas J. Mangan III ’52
Tom graduated from the Haverford School, then took a postgrad year at Lawrenceville before coming to Princeton to study history and join Cap. He played…
Charles William Carson Jr. ’52
Bill came to Princeton from the Peddie School and majored in politics, winning the Atwater Prize. He joined Tiger Inn, the Student Christian Association, and…
James O’Hara Brereton ’52
Jim, son of O’Hara Brereton 1915, came from Mercersburg to study sociology and eat at Prospect. He was a wrestler, joined NROTC, and roomed with…
Edward Lloyd Spencer ’51
Eddie was born in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, joined Key & Seal…
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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