MEMORIALS
Lee F. Mercier ’67
Lee died Aug. 7, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla., after a three-year battle with Parkinson’s and cardiovascular disease. He graduated from Hamilton High School East in…
Virgil M. Cummins ’67
Marv died July 25, 2024, in New York City, where he had mostly resided since graduation. He graduated from Delaware Valley Regional High School, was…
Howard C. Katz ’63
Howie died Dec. 25, 2023, in Los Angeles following a years-long battle with cancer. He came to Princeton from Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford…
Christopher H. Britton ’63
Kit died Sept. 27, 2024, in Falls Church, Va., following a stroke. He came to us from Clarkstown Central Junior-Senior High School in New City…
Stuart M. Kotler ’62
Stuart died of lung cancer Sept. 8, 2024, at home in Monroe Township, N.J., surrounded by his loving family. He came to us from Highland…
William H. Rough ’61
Bill died May 27, 2024, in Charlottesville, Va., where he lived for many years. Born in Washington, D.C., he came to us from the Landon…
Alan B. Howard ’61
Alan died Aug. 26, 2024, at Greentree Farm in Albemarle County, Va. Born in Denver, he grew up in nearby Littleton. Despite his dyslexia, he…
Frank G. Childers ’61
Frank, known to some of us as “Bushy,” died June 6, 2024. Born in Nashville, Tenn., he came to Princeton from Phillips Andover Academy. At…
Paul G. Rochmis ’60
Paul captained the basketball team and played football and baseball for White Plains (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton, he turned to searching for his calling…
John G. Carras ’60
Born in Greece in 1938, John came to the United States at an early age with his parents and was raised in New York City…
Philip H. Wallace ’58
Phil died July 18, 2024, in Richmond, Va. He was 87. He came to Princeton from Christchurch (Va.) School, where he was active in football…
James R. Peters ’58
Jim died Aug. 11, 2024, in Portland, Maine. He was 87. He came to Princeton from Brighton High in Rochester, N.Y. Jim started as an…
Memorial PAWcasts
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
October 2025
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott ’92; President Eisgruber ’83 defends higher ed; Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia.
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