MEMORIALS
James A. Wright ’45
Jim grew up in St. Louis, Mo., and attended Webster High School. He spent two years at Princeton, where he was a member of Campus…
Robert O. Preyer ’45
Bob grew up in Greensboro, N.C. He attended Choate. At Princeton he played freshman football, rugby, and lacrosse. He worked on The Daily Princetonian and…
John B. Ashmun ’45
“Ash” grew up in Newark and Far Hills, New Jersey and graduated from Kent School as Sixth Form prefect and varsity crew oarsman. At Princeton…
Woodford Matlock ’44
Woody died Aug. 20, 2020, in Spokane, Wash., of Parkinson’s disease at age 98. He was born Dec. 5, 1921, in Denver, Colo. Woody prepared…
Lynn B. Tipson ’41
Tip died Jan. 18, 2016, in Basking Ridge, N.J., at the age of 96. He prepared at The Hill School. At Princeton he majored in…
Winthrop A. Short ’41
Winthrop A. Short, 100 years old, died on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, N.C. Win was president of…
Donald John Mathison ’71
Don Mathison died Mar. 3, 1996, in Washington, D.C., after a long illness. He graduated with distinction from the Asheville School in North Carolina. At…
Oscar Fruchtman ’71
One of our most colorful and unique classmates, Oscar Fruchtman, died March 28, 2009, in New York City. Oscar transferred in as a sophomore but…
Robert Thompson III ’71
Tommy died Feb. 6, 2014, in his hometown of Clearwater, Florida. He came to Princeton from Clearwater High School in Clearwater, where his family had…
Howard P. Segal *75
Howard died Nov. 9, 2020, in Bangor, Maine, at the age of 72. Born in Philadelphia, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Franklin & Marshall…
Paul W. Richelson *74
Paul died Sept. 17, 2020, in Hemet, Calif. He graduated from Yale in 1961 and earned a Ph.D. in art and archaeology from Princeton in…
Arnold Dicke *66
Arne died Dec. 2, 2020, of ALS in Philadelphia. He was 78. Born in Downers Grove, Ill., Arne came east to attend Harvard, graduating with…
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.
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December 2025
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