MEMORIALS
Marianna TePaske Daly ’79
Marianna died Jan. 25, 2021, after what she called her long “journey” with cancer. Gung-ho about Princeton, she majored in biology, played soccer, and was…
John C. MacGuire ’78
John died peacefully Feb. 7, 2021, after a life of intense interest in the physical world, science, and the improvement of America’s defense capacity. He…
Serene K. Nakano ’77
Serene died Jan. 24, 2021. At Princeton she majored in art and archaeology and wrote her senior thesis on “French Pottery and Porcelain.” She earned…
David C. Villa ’76
David died Feb. 13, 2021, of cancer in Madison, Wis. He was executive director and chief investment officer at the State of Wisconsin Investment Board…
Barbara Ilene Adler ’76
Ilene died Dec. 24, 2020, in New York of pulmonary hypertension. Ilene came to Princeton from Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.) High School East. Freshman year she roomed…
Robert Scott Merrifield ’75
Bob died peacefully in his sleep Nov. 30, 2020, in Los Alamitos, Calif. A graduate of the Nichols School in Buffalo, N.Y., Bob played on…
Douglas Krakauer ’74
Doug died Nov. 6, 2020, after struggling with several illnesses. Doug transferred to Princeton after spending one year at Colgate University. He was active in…
Brian E. Cooper ’68
Brian died Jan. 17, 2021, in New Bern, N.C., at the age of 74. He was born Sept. 2, 1946, in Bad Kissingen, Germany. He…
Lewis S. Coonley Jr. ’68
Kirk died Nov. 27, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo., of hairy cell leukemia at age 74. He was born in Troy, N.Y., and attended St…
John H. Raubitschek ’64
John died Jan. 29, 2021, in Midlothian, Va. He had lived in an assisted-living facility since 2017, and the isolation induced by COVID-19 appears to…
Edward A. Dixon ’62
Sandy died Jan. 13, 2021. Sandy entered our class from the Haverford School, where he was captain of the golf team and president of the…
Howard C. Sylvester Jr. ’61
Ward died June 11, 2017, in Los Angeles. His having severed all ties with Princeton years ago, we did not learn of his death until…
Memorial PAWcasts
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
December 2025
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