MEMORIALS
Thomas L. Rourke ’57
“A wonderful man” is Al Staley’s description of Thomas L. Rourke, his roommate for three years. Tom died May 2, 2019. Troy, N.Y., a one-time…
Frederick A. Richburg ’57
Fred came to Princeton from Mamaroneck High School in Westchester County, N.Y. In 1952 he was recognized in the Heisman Awards program along with Dave…
Miller Ream ’57
Miller was a Hillsborough, Calif., entrepreneur. Originally from Iowa, Miller attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was class president and captain of the basketball team…
Charles Fuqua ’57
Classical language and literature were Charlie’s profession and avocation. At Princeton, President Goheen was Charlie’s instructor and mentor. Charlie in turn was President Goheen’s occasional…
Matthew White Perry Jr. ’56 *66
Matthew died in Charlottesville, Va., June 22, 2019. He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1934, and went to St. Albans School there. At Princeton…
Matthew White Perry Jr. ’56 *66
Matthew died in Charlottesville, Va., June 22, 2019. He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1934, and went to St. Albans School there. At Princeton…
Hugh Campbell McDiarmid Jr. ’56
Hugh died Oct. 12, 2019, in Rochester Hills, Mich. He was 84. Born Dec. 31, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hugh entered Princeton from Wyoming (Ohio)…
Jerome J. Graham Jr. ’56
Jerry died March 20, 2020. He was kind-hearted, honorable, and decent, just a few of the adjectives that describe him. Jerry graduated from the Pingry…
James F. Castleman ’56
Jim was born Feb. 17, 1935, and grew up in Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., where his father, the Rev. Lauriston Castleman, was rector of…
John J. Smith ’55
Jack died March 17, 2020, at Capital Health of Hopewell. He was 86, a resident of Pennington, N.J., and a noted supporter of Princeton fencing…
Albert Van Boskerck Kelsey ’55
Kerck died March 26, 2020, four months after the death of his wife, Susan. They had moved to OceanView retirement home after more than 20…
Thomas J. Jackson Jr. ’55
Tom died Jan. 17, 2020, 17 days after admission to a hospital for pancreatic cancer. Tom and Janet, his wife of 60 years, had lived…
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.
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January 2026
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