MEMORIALS
William Harold Scragg ’53
Bill died March 5, 2021, in El Paso, Texas, after a long career in medicine both in the military and in civilian life. Bill grew…
Samuel Lee Rochester ’53
Sam died Dec. 23, 2019, in Crown Point, Ind., after a brief illness. Sam was born in Stanford, Ky., and graduated from Stanford High School…
Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Cooper ’53
Jay was born in Baltimore, Md., and attended the Gilman School before coming to Princeton. He majored in history and wrote his thesis on Chiang…
Ronald H. Wideman ’52
Ron graduated from The Hill School. At Princeton he studied psychology, joined the Republican Club, and ate at Charter. He roomed with Bob Bolton. Ron…
Thomas B. Leary ’52
Tom came to us from Newark Academy to study economics and join Colonial Club. He was on the class memorial insurance committee, worked at the…
James Ben Laughlin ’52
Jim’s father, Ledlie, was a member of the Class of 1912. Jim graduated from Deerfield in 1946. He spent the following year, before joining us…
Peter Van Dyke Gulick ’52
Pete joined us from Western Reserve Academy to major in history and join Cannon. He played football and wrestled, was editor of Tiger Triumph, and…
John L. Gray ’52
John graduated from Deerfield. At Princeton he majored in electrical engineering and joined Dial. A radio ham, he was in the Institute of Radio Engineers…
Tician N. Papachristou ’51
Tician was born Jan. 24, 1928, in Athens to Nicholas and Charlotte Krause Papachristou. A graduate of the Athens Gymnasium, he lived in Greece during…
Walter Bernhard Kissinger ’51
Walter died May 3, 2020, in San Rafael, Calif., after a long career as a successful businessman, an enlightened and generous philanthropist, and an outspoken…
Raymond Hooper Close ’51 *64
Raised in Beirut, where his father was dean of American University and where he became totally fluent in Arabic, Ray graduated from Deerfield and majored…
Raymond Hooper Close ’51 *64
Raised in Beirut, where his father was dean of American University and where he became totally fluent in Arabic, Ray graduated from Deerfield and majored…
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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