MEMORIALS
Elmer Paul Homrighausen ’53
Paul died Oct. 31, 2020, at his home in Kentfield, Calif., after a brief illness. Paul was born in Indianapolis, Ind., but grew up in…
Frederick E. Crispin Jr. ’53
Fred died peacefully April 15, 2021, after a short battle with liver cancer, in Newtown Square, Pa. He was born in New York City and…
Duane Stranahan Jr. ’52
Pat came from Exeter, majored in English, and joined Cottage. He played hockey and tennis and was on the Orange Key Freshman Committee. He left…
John McDowell Sharpe Jr. ’52
Jack came to us from Andover. At Princeton, where his father was a member of the Class of 1920, Jack majored in economics, joined Tower…
Guy T. Hollyday ’52
Guy graduated from Gilman. At Princeton he majored in history, ate at Ivy, played lacrosse, was on the freshman steering committee, and was a member…
George Washington Gowen ’52
George came from Sidwell Friends School to major in history and join Cloister. He was on the fencing team and a member of the St…
Paul F. Glenn ’52
Paul came from Exeter to study philosophy and join Charter. He worked on the Prince; was in the Glee Club, the Pennsylvania Club, Free Enterprise…
Newbold Strong ’51
Newby died Dec. 17, 2020, one day after his 92nd birthday. He was raised in the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia, attended Chestnut Hill Academy…
Richard Henry Hershey ’51
Dick died Jan. 24, 2021, at age 93. He was born in Spring Lake, N.J., graduated from Toms River High School, and served in the…
Anthony I. Sylvester ’50
Tony died Nov. 14, 2020, in Southern Shores, his home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the past 30 years. He was a…
Joseph J. Leshick ’50
Joe, a longtime resident of Belgium, died in Brussels Jan. 12, 2021. He was an outstanding athlete and honor student at Perth Amboy (N.J.) High…
Benjamin Lawrence ’50
Ben died Dec. 23, 2020, in Cincinnati, Ohio, of COVID-19. Coming to Princeton from St. Mark’s, he majored in chemical engineering, belonged to Prospect, and…
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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