MEMORIALS
Elbridge R. Graef ’41 *42
El died July 10, 2016, in Greenville, Del. He was 96. He prepared at Horace Mann School in New York City. At Princeton El majored…
Marinus Contant Jr. ’41
Connie died peacefully Oct. 1, 2016, at his home in Corona del Mar, Calif., with his loving wife, Christina, by his side. He was 97…
John C. Beatty Jr. ’41
Jack died April 26, 2016, at his home in Portland, Ore., at the age of 97. He prepared at Lincoln High School in Portland. Upon…
Philip A. Sampson *75
Phil, of Clifton, Va., died Dec. 31, 2020, at age 72 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born Jan. 14, 1948, in…
James D. Phyfe *67
Jim died Dec. 21, 2020. He was born Jan. 29, 1942, in New York City. After graduating from The Kent School, he earned a bachelor’s…
Richard Allen Comfort *62
Richard died Dec. 21, 2020, in Santa Rosa, Calif. A lifelong Californian, he was born in Los Angeles Oct. 16, 1933, and grew up on…
Franklin F. Eckhart *59
Frank died Dec. 18, 2020, in Edmond, Okla., after a brief battle with cancer. He was born March 18, 1931, in Palmerton, Pa. The first…
Burton Sapin *53
Burt died Dec. 13, 2020, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., at age 93. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he was a longtime Washington, D.C., resident…
Gene J. Barberet *52
Gene, of Storrs-Mansfield, Conn., died of complications of COVID-19 Jan. 11, 2021, his 101st birthday. Born in Oakville, Conn., to parents who had emigrated from…
Yang Dai ’08
Yang died Jan. 1, 2021, with her husband, Dustin Mennella, at her side. Born Jan. 16, 1987, in Jilin Province, China, Yang grew up in…
Denise Elizabeth Brown Stiegler ’90
Denise died peacefully Jan. 10, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla., after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was 52. Denise earned a degree from the School…
Jane Campa Alvarez ’77
Jane passed away Dec. 20, 2020, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Eldest daughter of a Mexican-American family from San Antonio, Texas, she dreamed of…
Memorial PAWcasts
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
October 2025
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott ’92; President Eisgruber ’83 defends higher ed; Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia.
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