MEMORIALS
Anthony L.C. Piel ’58
Tony died April 3, 2020, of cancer in Stuart, Fla. He was 83. He came to Princeton from Millbrook School. At Princeton he wrote his…
Richard S. Hendey Jr. ’58
Dick died May 16, 2020, in White Plains, N.Y. He was 84. He came to Princeton from Kent School, where he participated in football, baseball…
John Arthur Ferch ’58
John died May 5, 2020, at his home in Fairfax, Va. He was 84. He came to Princeton from DeVilbiss High School in Toledo, Ohio…
Marion Jay Epley III ’58
Jay died March 27, 2019, in Singer Island, Fla. He was 82. He came to Princeton from Bronxville High School, where he participated in basketball…
L. Jerome Wolcott Jr. ’57
Jerry was decisive. He decided to come to Princeton whereas most of his family had gone to Harvard, Yale, or Cornell. In the Air Force…
Henry Clay Ward ’57
Clay’s penultimate stage of life began in 1989. “Largely because Harriette went to work to help send our kids through private school and college, I…
James M. Shea ’57
Jim led a double life. He was a physician professionally and by avocation, a devotee of the arts. He pursued each with passion. He always…
Walter E. Blankley ’57
Despite other achievements, Walt wanted to be remembered first for his effort to help break the poverty cycle in Immokalee, Fla. Immokalee is home to…
George Gering ’55
George died March 21, 2020, of a heart attack in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 86 years old and had been vigorous until a week…
Frank Lee Zingale ’54
Lee died May 8, 2020, in St. Louis, Mo. He had prepared for Princeton at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, where he was active…
Benjamin F. Aiken ’54
Ben died April 13, 2020. He prepared for Princeton at Valley Forge Military Academy, where he played football, basketball, and tennis. Ben chose basic engineering…
Mack Clovis Harris III ’53
Mack died April 2, 2020, in Wichita, Kan., where he had been living for the last 11 years. He was born in Hollywood, Calif., and…
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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