MEMORIALS
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…
F. Nelson Peters III ’54
Pete died May 22, 2020. He prepared at Evanston Township (Ill.) High School, where he participated in glee club and band — indicative of interests…
George A. Page Jr. ’54
Bud died Aug. 5, 2020. He attended Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Ill. At Princeton he majored in psychology, was president of Campus…
John Welch Mills ’53
John died Oct. 22, 2020, in Evanston, Ill. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and came to Princeton from University School in Shaker Heights. He…
Edward J. McClain Jr. ’53
Ted died Oct. 20, 2020, in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Ted was born in New Brighton, Pa., and came to Princeton from Valley Forge Military Academy…
Henry Darby Houston ’52
Darby joined us after graduating from the Albany Academy and a postgrad year at Hobart College. At Princeton, where his father, David, was a member…
Joseph Leo Bolster Jr. ’52
Joe graduated from Pittsfield (Mass.) High School and went to serve for a year in occupied Japan. He returned to study for a term at…
David Burton Van Vleck ’51
Dutch, a biologist and science educator, was born July 11, 1929, to Joseph (a member of the Class of 1923) and Mary McLain Van Vleck…
Justin Towner Rogers Jr. ’51
Jud was born Aug. 4, 1929, in Sandusky, Ohio, to Justin and Eloise Larkin Rogers. His great-grandfather Earl Larkin was a member of the Class…
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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