MEMORIALS
Lewis S. Coonley Jr. ’68
Kirk died Nov. 27, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo., of hairy cell leukemia at age 74. He was born in Troy, N.Y., and attended St…
John H. Raubitschek ’64
John died Jan. 29, 2021, in Midlothian, Va. He had lived in an assisted-living facility since 2017, and the isolation induced by COVID-19 appears to…
Edward A. Dixon ’62
Sandy died Jan. 13, 2021. Sandy entered our class from the Haverford School, where he was captain of the golf team and president of the…
Howard C. Sylvester Jr. ’61
Ward died June 11, 2017, in Los Angeles. His having severed all ties with Princeton years ago, we did not learn of his death until…
James Walter Klein ’61
Jim died Feb. 15, 2021, of complications of Parkinson’s disease after a short bout of COVID-19. Born in Newark, N.J., he came to us from…
Philip Leslie Johnson ’61
Phil died peacefully in his sleep Jan. 7, 2021, at home in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Born and raised in Beloit, Wis., he came to…
Theron O. Worth Jr. ’60
Raised in Texas, Toby graduated from St. John’s School in Houston. He excelled in sports, especially as a junior tennis player, winning the tri-state under-15…
John H. Arens ’60
John came to Princeton from the Cate School in Carpinteria, Calif. With us, he joined the sailing team (his first love) and Terrace Club. John…
James F. Ridgeway ’59
Jim was still immersed in his extraordinary life as a hard-hitting, muckraking, crusading journalist when he died of complications from shingles in Washington, D.C., Feb…
David L.B. Fringer Jr. ’59
David passed away peacefully in his sleep Jan. 3, 2021. Born in Baltimore, Md., he prepared at McDonogh School. At Princeton he majored in biology…
Arthur L. Brown II ’59
Sandy died Feb. 12, 2021, in Austin, Texas, surrounded by loved ones. Gregarious, hail-fellow-well-met, he was a three-letter athlete and student government president at Mountain…
Mark D. Birnbaum ’59
Complications of pneumonia took Mark at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas, Calif., Jan. 5, 2021. He came to Princeton from Scotch Plains (N.J.) High School, where…
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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