MEMORIALS
John A. Wilson ’50
Jack died Aug. 20, 2020, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He graduated from Deerfield. At Princeton, where his father was in the Class of 1925, he received…
Bryce W. Russell ’50
Bryce, a talented oil painter, died Aug. 23, 2020, in Princeton, N.J., where he had lived the past 12 years. A Northfield (Minn.) High School…
William F. Davis Jr. ’50
Bill died July 14, 2020, in Williamsburg, Va., after a long illness. He was professor emeritus of English at William and Mary. Before Princeton he…
Leighton Laughlin ’49
Leighton died Aug. 21, 2020, at his Vermont home. He graduated from Deerfield, served briefly in the Marines, and entered Princeton in the fall of…
Ward O. Griffen Jr. ’49
Ward died July 21, 2020. A psychology major and a member of Key & Seal, Ward played tennis, participated in Theatre Intime and Triangle Club…
Benjamin Franklin Rassieur ’48
A lifelong St. Louisan, Frank was born March 13, 1927, and died Oct. 19, 2020. He was 93. His career was as a leader of…
M. Lewis Hall Jr. ’48
Born Aug. 14, 1924, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Lew was a lifelong Floridian and the principal in a Miami law firm founded by his father…
William H. Danforth ’48
Bill was born April 10, 1926, in St. Louis, Mo. He had consecutive but also somewhat concurrent careers in his hometown, with local, national, and…
Lee P. Klingenstein ’47
Lee died April 6, 2020, in Scarsdale, N.Y., at his home. He came to Princeton from the Taft School, but enlisted in the Navy almost…
Douglas W. Mitchell *78
Douglas Mitchell, professor emeritus of economics at West Virginia University, died March 13, 2020, of complications from pancreatic cancer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Doug attended…
James Edward Roper *63
James Roper died Oct. 16, 2020, in Holt, Mich., of esophageal cancer. He was 82. Known for his deadpan humor and quick wit, he never…
Finley Alexander Campbell *58
Finley Campbell died May 26, 2020, at the age of 93. Born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, he attended Portland University on a hockey scholarship and…
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
Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.
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