MEMORIALS
George C. Thomas ’57
George died Oct. 18, 2020, after a long decline brought on by Lewy body dementia. He left Princeton bound for the ministry but instead found…
William C. Shafer ’55
Bill, a notably warm-hearted, strong supporter of his class and the University, died Nov. 21, 2020, at age 87 after two falls triggered serious neck…
Arthur Edmund Pew III ’55
Art, of White Bear Lake, Minn., died after a long bout with Parkinson’s Oct. 2, 2020. He was 87. Art was born June 28, 1933…
Thomas A. Vyse ’54
Tom died Oct. 21, 2020. He was born in Shanghai, where his father was with the State Department. The family was evacuated at the beginning…
R. Richard Straub ’54
Dick died Nov. 24, 2020, after a brief battle with COVID-19. At Webster Groves High School in St. Louis he was active in football, student…
Paul S. Sarbanes ’54
Paul died Dec. 6, 2020. He prepared for Princeton at Salisbury (Md.) High School, where he was active in basketball and student government. At Princeton…
John H. Demmler ’54
Jack died Nov. 29, 2020. He came to us from Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, where he was active in publications and dramatics and was…
William T. Beaver ’54
Bill died Nov. 12, 2020, of complications from COVID-19. He prepared at the Albany (N.Y.) Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemistry, joined Terrace Club…
Nicholas Robert Guilbert III ’53
Nicholas died Sept. 29, 2020, at the age of 89 in Ambler, Pa. He came to Princeton from Germantown Academy and became a member of…
William Williams French III ’53
Bill died Dec. 10, 2020. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., and graduated from Ramsey High School. At Princeton he joined Quadrangle Club and majored…
Eugene Lee Cleaves Jr. ’53
Eugene, known as “Jinx,” died Nov. 25, 2020, in Riverside, Conn., where he had lived for more than 60 years. He was born in Manhattan…
Peter I. de Roetth ’50
Pete died Oct. 16, 2020, in New Hampshire. Pete was born in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated to Spokane, Wash., with his family in 1939. He…
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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