MEMORIALS
Meridon Gooding Harter ’48
Bill died in hospice care June 19, 2020. He was born Jan. 14, 1927, in Delaware, Ohio. His long business career was in sales and…
Jonathan W. Jaffee ’89
Jon, our gentleman rocker who wrote his Wilson school thesis on Guns N’ Roses, then battled multiple myeloma cranking quadrophonic power ballads in hospice, died…
Peter A. Lynn ’83
Peter died suddenly June 5, 2020. He was the son of Roseclaire and Richard Lynn of Sands Point and East Hampton, N.Y. Peter prepared for…
Manuel Vellon ’81
The world lost a great soul May 27, 2020, when a tragic hiking accident took our beloved friend, Manny Vellon. Manny was a beacon in…
David A. Grady ’80
David died May 30, 2016, at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. His death was linked to disabilities resulting from grave injuries sustained in Vietnam in…
John R. Gavin ’80
John died Nov. 25, 2018, of lung cancer. He entered Princeton with the Class of ’79 from Big Foot High School in Walworth, Wis. After…
Martin Benno Blumenthal ’80
Benno died Dec. 15, 2018. He graduated from Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. As an undergraduate he tackled difficult topics in physics, including…
Jan Clare Viehman ’75
Our classmate Jan Clare Viehman died August 9, 2019. Jan came to Princeton from Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., with the intention, as she…
Christopher G. Mackaronis ’74
Mack died peacefully March 6, 2020, surrounded by family. He was a valued member of the golf team from 1970 to 1974 and enjoyed alumni…
Samuel P. Harbison ’74
Sam died March 26, 2019, at his home. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, he was a math major at Princeton but took as few classes…
Lewis P. MacAdams Jr. ’66
Lewis died April 21, 2020, of complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Lewis came to Princeton from St. Mark’s School of Texas, where he was basketball…
Richard Joel Kates ’66
Dick died March 9, 2020, a result of pancreatic cancer. Dick came to Princeton from Newton High School in Newton, Mass., where he played football…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
April 2026
Inside the new ES and SEAS complex; kudos for austerity; jazz at Princeton.
Newsletters.
Get More From PAW In Your Inbox.
