MEMORIALS
Philip H. Griggs ’54
Phil, a loyal, lifelong Princeton Tiger, died Nov. 12, 2019. He prepared for Princeton at Kingswood (Conn.) Academy, majored in civil engineering, and was a…
Barry Coon Phelps ’53
Life for Barry Coon Phelps was a roller coaster both personally and professionally. After he was married and divorced three times, his fourth marriage left…
Charles Templeton Kellogg ’53
When his city, Waterbury, Conn., went into receivership and verged on bankruptcy, Chuck Kellogg was named to an oversight committee and before long the city…
Samuel William Gelfman ’53
Born in Brooklyn, Sam grew up in New Jersey and came to Princeton from Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, N.J. After flunking out and…
Gordon Woodward Daiger ’53
Gordon was born in Washington, D.C., and spent his whole life in that area except for brief excursions to Princeton and Japan. At Princeton he…
Clinton Gilbert Jr. ’51
Clint was born March 10, 1930, in New York City to Clinton and Elizabeth Gilbert. His father was a member of the Class of 1921…
William H.R. White II ’49
Bill died Sept. 29, 2019, in Shrewsbury, N.J., just a few miles from Red Bank, where he was born and spent his entire professional career…
Michael C. Gill ’49
Michael died Oct. 13, 2019, in Bayanup, Western Australia, with his daughters, Alice Gill and Laura Hardman, at his side. A lifetime potter, he was…
Thomas Smyth ’48
Tom was born May 12, 1927, and grew up in Indiana, Pa., where his father, an ornithologist, was head of sciences at Indiana State Teachers…
John F. Garber Jr. ’48
John was born July 10, 1925, in Lancaster, Pa. He died Dec. 2, 2019, in a retirement center in Willow Street, Pa. After public school…
Forster W. Freeman ’48
Forster was born April 19, 1927, in Paterson, N.J. At Princeton Forster majored in economics, but his life work became teaching and pastoring in human…
Patrick J. Foley Jr. *67
Patrick Foley, retired director of corporate new business development at DuPont Co., died at home Aug. 21, 2019, at the age of 78. He graduated…
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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