MEMORIALS
David C. Mercer ’72
Dave died July 1, 2021, in Oklahoma City. He had been in declining health for several years. He was 70. Dave was a native of…
Douglas Andrew Blake ’72
Doug died March 12, 2021, in Forked River, N.J., at age 70. He was one of the most gifted athletes of his era. At Hackettstown…
Gerald E. Grossman ’70
Gerry, one of our exemplary medical experts, died Jan. 2, 2021. A leading neurologist and teacher for decades, he contracted multiple system atrophy (MSA), a…
John Sacret Young ’69
An artistically talented, accomplished, and admired member of our class; a great writer and storyteller; and the son, brother, and father of Princetonians, John died…
Kenneth L. Oliver Jr. ’67
Ken died Nov. 13, 2020, near his Philadelphia-area home of Lower Gwynedd, Pa. Ken graduated from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pa. where he played…
George William Sisley II ’66
Bill died June 24, 2021, after a three-year battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bill came to Princeton from Morristown (N.J.) High School, where he was president…
David R. Pohndorf ’65
David arrived from Lawrenceville School with a host of accomplishments and achievements in the classroom and sports. Born in Durham, N.C., and raised in Champaign…
Owen D. Nee Jr. ’65
Our class lost a trailblazing member May 7, 2021, after a short battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Owen was that rare combination of high-achieving and self-effacing…
William R. MacMaster ’60
Bill grew up in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from Evanston High School. At Princeton he joined Quadrangle and majored in history. He was chairman of…
Charles G. Moment ’59
Born in Baltimore, Charlie spent the bulk of his life in Maryland. When his health began to fail in 2017 due to prostate cancer, he…
Dennis A. Miller ’59
Born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Dennis came east to attend the Lawrenceville School and stayed the rest of his life in New Jersey…
Peter A. Lareau ’59
Peter died March 13, 2021, near his home in Ladson, S.C., where he had recently moved. Coming to Princeton from Exeter Academy, he majored in…
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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