MEMORIALS
Robert S. Dumper Jr. ’62
The class was saddened to learn that Bob died Feb. 4, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Bob came to us from the Hotchkiss School, where he…
Gaylord Edwin Smith ’61
Gay died Jan. 30, 2020, at his home in Columbus, Ohio. Born in Port Washington, N.Y., and raised largely in LaPorte, Texas, he came to…
Stephen H. Polansky ’61
Steve died Sept. 4, 2019, presumably in San Francisco, where he had lived for many years. Born in Lynn, Mass., he prepared for Princeton at…
Richard H. Palmer ’61
Rich, professor emeritus of theatre at the College of William & Mary, died March 15, 2020. Born in Richmond, he came to us from Chattanooga…
Edwin Maxwell Fulcher ’61
Ed lived in San Diego, Calif., where he died March 7, 2020, just one month from his 81st birthday. He was born in Washington, D.C…
Richard F. Puffer Jr. ’59
Dick Puffer, a man of many talents, died May 8, 2020, of heart and lung disease at home in Concord, Mass. A Connecticut native, Dick…
Alan L. Bisno ’58
Alan died Aug. 10, 2020 in Miami, Fla. He was 83. He came to Princeton from Memphis (Tenn.) Central High School, where he was a…
Arthur Yorke Allen ’58
Arthur died Aug. 3, 2020, in Edgartown, Mass. He was 83. He came to Princeton from the Kent School and was preceded at Princeton by…
Philip Felig ’57
Phil Felig declared himself in our 50th-reunion yearbook the first Orthodox Jewish undergraduate at Princeton. Among the problems this caused for him were observing Jewish…
Thomas M. Rust ’55
Tom died Aug. 23, 2020, in West Bend, Wis., after a long illness following a stroke at age 87. We knew Tom as Joe when…
Thomas P. Gorter Jr. ’55
Tom died Aug. 10, 2020, in Lake Forest, Ill., at age 87. Parkinson’s had afflicted him for several years, and Jackie, his wife of 48…
Frank Poage ’54
Frank died May 5, 2017. He prepared at Morristown (N.J.) High School, where he was active in basketball, dramatics, and the band. At Princeton 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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