MEMORIALS
Benjamin R. Beede *62
Ben died suddenly July 4, 2021, while walking in North Brunswick, N.J. Born Jan. 12, 1939, in South Portland, Maine, Ben earned bachelor’s and master’s…
Ahmad R. Haffar *61
Ahmad died July 26, 2021, in Hyrum, Utah, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Ahmad was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, in 1927, and immigrated to Logan…
John B. Rogerson Jr. *54
Jack, a professor emeritus at Princeton, died July 8, 2021, in Pennswood Village, Newtown, Pa., just two months short of his 99th birthday. Born Sept…
Leo A. Goodman *50
Widely considered to be among the founding fathers of modern statistics, Leo died Dec. 22, 2020, of a COVID-19-related lung infection in Berkeley, Calif. Leo…
James E. Lockhart ’90
Jim died May 30, 2020, of a heart attack in Houston, Texas, just a few weeks shy of his 52nd birthday. At Princeton Jim majored…
Elizabeth Clay Pratt ’80
Lisa died Aug. 7, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer. Lisa majored in religion at Princeton, and like her father, Robert Pratt ’44, she…
David A. Quick ’77
David died April 9, 2021, in Berlin, Germany. A New Jersey native, David entered with the Class of ’77 and graduated with the Class of…
Peter C. Kallop ’73
Peter died suddenly May 26, 2021, in Cambridge, Md. He was 70. His father, Arthur, was a member of the Class of 1939. Also alumni…
David C. Mercer ’72
Dave died July 1, 2021, in Oklahoma City. He had been in declining health for several years. He was 70. Dave was a native of…
Douglas Andrew Blake ’72
Doug died March 12, 2021, in Forked River, N.J., at age 70. He was one of the most gifted athletes of his era. At Hackettstown…
Gerald E. Grossman ’70
Gerry, one of our exemplary medical experts, died Jan. 2, 2021. A leading neurologist and teacher for decades, he contracted multiple system atrophy (MSA), a…
John Sacret Young ’69
An artistically talented, accomplished, and admired member of our class; a great writer and storyteller; and the son, brother, and father of Princetonians, John died…
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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