MEMORIALS
Gilbert A. Ratcliff Jr. ’59
Gil, a retired pediatric physician, died Nov. 11, 2023, at home in Proctorville, Ohio. He was born in Huntington, W.Va., Jan. 7, 1938. He graduated…
Robert W. Mandell ’59
Bob died Nov. 5, 2023, in Pittsburgh. He came to Princeton after attending Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, where he was on the football…
Eugene J. Kraus ’59
Gene died Jan. 11, 2024. Soon after he was born in Syracuse, N.Y., his family moved to Albany. Gene graduated from Albany High School, where…
Howard G. Hudson ’59
Howie grew up in Syracuse and Fayetteville, N.Y. He graduated from Loomis School, where he played football and baseball, and received the Batchelder Art Prize…
Lex R. Winans ’57
A lifelong resident of the Pittsburgh area, Lex died there July 7, 2025. He came to Princeton from Wilkinsburg High School, where he was captain…
Barton Veret ’57
One of the few classmates from Nebraska, Barry moved to Bethesda, Md., where he died June 6, 2025. He came to Princeton from Omaha Central…
Bruce A. Martin ’57
Bruce died Jan. 8, 2025. He came to Princeton from Walpole (N.H.) High School. He majored in English, was a Commons captain for three years…
David C. Schall ’56
Dave died April 4, 2025, in Upper Marlboro, Md. He came to Princeton from John Marshall High in Cleveland, where he was an active participant…
Owen A. Shteir ’55
Owen, a physician known also for his devotion to gardening and literature, died Feb. 9, 2025. He was born May 30, 1933, in Philadelphia and…
Harry F. Estill III ’55
Harry died May 18, 2025. He was born Feb. 8, 1934, in St. Louis and attended St. Louis Country Day School. At Princeton, he majored…
John H. Collins III ’55
John died April 8, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., after a successful advertising career. Before Princeton, he graduated from Rocky River (Ohio) High School…
Richard Stevens III ’54
Dick died July 3, 2025, his 93rd birthday. He came to Princeton from Youngstown, Ohio, where he earned the Associated Press All-Ohio honors in football…
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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