MEMORIALS
Neil Jon Bloomfield ’66
Neil died May 5, 2022, following a stroke. He came to Princeton from the Horace Mann School in New York City, where he was on…
Elpidio F. Olympio ’65
Elpidio was born in Lome, Togo, Aug. 5, 1940. He died Sept. 5, 2021, in Paris, where he was working, as well as in London…
Arthur M. Mellor ’63 *68
Mac, mellow songster and brilliant propulsion engineer, died Jan. 25, 2022, in Durham, N.C. He retired in 2004 as Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering at…
Arthur M. Mellor ’63 *68
Mac, mellow songster and brilliant propulsion engineer, died Jan. 25, 2022, in Durham, N.C. He retired in 2004 as Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering at…
Michael W. McCarthy ’63
Mike, retired CEO of Williams Steel and Hardware in Minneapolis, died April 15, 2022, after a yearlong bout with cancer. He grew up in Excelsior…
John Strong Bevan ’63
John died April 12, 2022, of congestive heart failure in an assisted-living home near Gladwyne, Pa., where he was born and lived most of his…
Dennis Duff Stewart ’62
Duff died March 26, 2022. This kind, amiable, adventurous man leaves behind his spouse of nearly 40 years, Connie; a brother Pom; and an adopted…
Harry Mattison Tollerton ’61
Harry died Jan. 26, 2022, in Prince Frederick, Md., having lived for years in nearby Port Republic. We are grateful to neighbor Sally Combs for…
Richard Cromwell Riggs Jr. ’61
Dick died March 23, 2022, after a 24-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. A son of ’30 and born in Baltimore, he came to us from…
Charles Frederick Reusch ’61
Charlie died April 8, 2022, at home in Chevy Chase, Md. Born in Brooklyn, he came to us from Bellport High School. At Princeton he…
John B. Schuyler Jr. ’59
John died Oct. 26, 2021. Born in Milwaukee, he attended Culver Military Academy, where he was student captain of the famed Black Horse Troop, junior…
John B. Nicholson ’59
John was a Washington correspondent for Business Week, adviser to the president of Fannie Mae, lobbyist for American Bankers Association and National Association of Real…
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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