MEMORIALS
Oliver P. McComas ’52
Mac’s father, Oliver O., was a member of the Class of 1916. Mac graduated from Deerfield and at Princeton majored in biology, played soccer, and…
Carl von Eisen Bickert ’52
Carl graduated from the Lawrenceville School before joining us at Princeton, majoring in psychology and eating at Charter. He was a member of the Republican…
Roger S. Berlind ’52
Oh, we have lost one of our champions. Roger died Dec. 18, 2020, after building two stellar careers. Majoring in English at Princeton and working…
John M. O’Mara ’49
Jack, known to his undergraduate friends as “Omar,” died Nov. 26, 2020, in Greenwich, Conn., surrounded by his family. A native of Cincinnati, he attended…
William F. Jenks ’49
Bill died Sept. 24, 2020. He served in the Navy from July 1944 until June 1946 and then joined us in the Class of 1949…
Joseph N. McDonald Jr. ’46 *48
Joe died May 17, 2020. Joe was part of the USNR 1946 contingent sent from Princeton to Cornell in 1945, where he majored in electrical…
Joseph N. McDonald Jr. ’46 *48
Joe died May 17, 2020. Joe was part of the USNR 1946 contingent sent from Princeton to Cornell in 1945, where he majored in electrical…
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…
Memorial PAWcasts
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
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