MEMORIALS
William S. Overton III ’56
Bill died April 17, 2025, in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. He came to Princeton from Boyden High School in Salisbury, N.C., on an NROTC scholarship…
Russell A. McNair ’56
Mac died Feb. 23, 2025. He came to Princeton from Grosse Pointe (Mich.) High School South, where he lived most of his life. Mac joined…
Marco R. Grassi ’56
Marco died March 30, 2025, in New York City. Born in Florence, Italy, he came to Princeton from the Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., where…
Martin Edenbaum ’56
Martin died April 9, 2025, in West Windsor, N.J. He came to Princeton from New Brunswick High School, where he was on the track team…
Richard P. Dzina ’56
Dick died Nov. 21, 2023, in Dallas. He came to Princeton from the Pingry School and joined Quadrangle Club, where he served as social chairman…
John D. Wallace ’55
Jack died May 1, 2025. He attended Princeton Day School and Hotchkiss. At Princeton, he joined Cap and Gown and majored in the Special Program…
Robert Hayden Schofield ’55
Bob, an architect with great curiosity and a variety of interests that ranged from archaeology to fishing, died April 14, 2025. He was born July…
Hayden Nelson Pritchard ’55
Denny, a professor at Lehigh University for 31 years and exceedingly active in civic affairs, died April 30, 2025, at home in Pen Argyl, Pa…
Andrew G. Carey Jr. ’55
Drew was born April 11, 1932, in Baltimore, son of Andrew Carey Sr. 1921. He grew up outside Baltimore on a horse farm and attended…
Carl Henry Shaifer III ’53
Carl died March 5, 2025, in Philadelphia. He was born April 15, 1932, in Newark, N.J., and came to Princeton after graduating from Phillips Academy…
William F. Matthews Jr. ’53
Bill died Nov. 5, 2023, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He grew up in Upper Montclair, N.J., and graduated from Montclair Academy before coming to Princeton. He…
Robert C. King ’53 *56
Bob died May 9, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and came to Princeton after graduating from Taft School…
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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