MEMORIALS
Henry Arthur Bahr Jr. ’51
Henry came to Princeton after graduating from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y. He roomed with Marc Bodine, Henry Myers, and Alex Montgomery. An economics…
Richard L. Shanley ’50
Rick died June 19, 2021, in Florida. Born in New York City, he graduated from The Hill School. At Princeton, where his father was a…
Alfred R. Shands III ’50
Al, who described his life as “punctuated with a series of radical changes,” died Sept. 7, 2021, in Kentucky. A Woodberry Forest graduate, he belonged…
Frederick W. Danforth Jr. ’50
Fred died June 13, 2021, in his North Haven, Conn., home. He graduated from Nichols School in Buffalo, N.Y. At Princeton, where his father was…
Richard P. Ryerson ’49
Dick died Oct. 21, 2021, at the age of 94. A graduate of St. Paul’s School and a gifted athlete, he came to Princeton and…
Whitney Stevens ’48
Whitney died Sept. 10, 2021. He was active and cheerful to the end. He was born Nov. 26, 1926, in Plainfield, N.J., and graduated from…
Pierre E. Mendelsohn *93
Princeton lost a dedicated volunteer when Pierre died Nov. 3, 2021, in London at the age of 51. Known for his generosity with students and…
Michael L. Groden *75
Michael died March 25, 2021, of cancer in Toronto, Canada. He was born May 30, 1947, in Buffalo, N.Y. He earned a bachelor’s degree in…
Craig M. MacLean *66
Craig died Nov. 12, 2021, of cancer in Englewood, Fla. He was born Oct. 13, 1938, in Ridgewood, N.J. After serving in the Army, Craig…
Raymond C. Fort Jr. *65
Raymond died May 30, 2021, in Bangor, Maine. He was born March 28, 1938, in Philadelphia, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from…
Robert Cogan *56
Robert died Aug. 19, 2021, in Cambridge, Mass., at age 91, with Schubert playing in the background. Born in Detroit, Robert was introduced to jazz…
John McKenzie Gunn *54
John died Oct. 16, 2021, in Lexington, Va., at the age of 97. John was born Jan. 16, 1924, in Pensacola, Fla. He began college…
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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