MEMORIALS
Roger Drexel Gridley ’56
Roger died Nov. 6, 2020, after a long illness. He prepared for Princeton at John Marshall High School in Rochester, N.Y., where he was a…
Michael H. Farney ’56
Mike died Sept. 26, 2019, in Lincoln, Mass. His work experiences on ranches and his family’s love of the outdoors shaped his life. Summer jobs…
John Havens Thornton ’55
John died April 16, 2021, in New Bedford, Mass. He was a noted artist whose first published works were cartoons in Princeton student publications and…
Graham Ely Jones ’55
Graham died March 21, 2021, in Concord, Mass., at Newbury Court residential campus in the company of his son Graham E. Jones Jr. Graham was…
Robert B. Hollander Jr. ’55
Bob, one of the most eminent and engaging members of the Princeton family, died peacefully April 20, 2021, of natural causes at his son’s home…
John Hope Doeg ’55
John, known to his friends as being extremely sociable and the teller of lengthy jokes, died Jan. 23, 2021, after an extended illness. John graduated…
Markley Holmes Boyer ’55
Mark died March 14, 2021, at home after a short decline. Mark was born in Philadelphia Dec. 29, 1932, attended Pomfret School, and grew up…
Robert William Kohlmeyer ’54
Bob died May 2, 2021. At Brookings (S.D.) High School he participated in debating, publications, and football. At Princeton he majored in history, joined Charter…
John A. Eagon ’54
Jack died May 20, 2021. He prepared at Lake Forest (Ill.) High School, where he was active in publications, dramatics, and orchestra. At Princeton he…
Chester Apy Jr. ’54
Chet died May 30, 2021. At Peddie School he was active in debating, wrestling, and track. A politics major at Princeton, he was a member…
Richard Rathborne Graham Hobson ’53
Dick died May 23, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. He was born in Orange, N.J., and moved to Alexandria in 1940. He attended Episcopal High School…
Webster Griffith Wright ’52
Web studied at the Ogdensburg Free Academy and at the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he studied biology, joined Quadrangle, the Westminster Fellowship, and WPRU, and…
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
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