MEMORIALS
James Robertson ’59
Jim died Sept. 7, 2019, from a heart ailment. Born in Cleveland, Jim came to us from Western Reserve Academy. At Princeton he majored in…
Stephen R. Rineberg ’59
Steve died Jan. 3, 2017. He was an art collector and indefatigable supporter of the Phoenix Art Museum. Born in New Brunswick, N.J., Steve prepared…
Aaron Wigdor ’57
Aaron Wigdor died April 23, 2018. Aaron was raised in Bayonne, N.J. At Princeton, he belonged to Court Club. From early on he seemed to…
Luther M. Strayer III ’57
Lu’s life was never far from water. He began sailing at the age of 1 and could sail alone at 8. While his father was…
John D. Eliassen ’57
At Princeton, Jack held a research assistantship in chemical engineering. He was president of the Westminster Fellowship for one year, a Commons captain for two…
Tim Benn ’57
Tim died unexpectedly Oct. 9, 2019, of a heart attack. Although Tim was with us at Princeton only sophomore year, he described his experience there…
John Aponick ’57
“His passions led him to happiness,” John’s children said of him. “He loved what he did.” One passion was his legal practice. He specialized in…
Geoffrey G. Hall ’55
Geof died Aug. 19, 2017, in Stamford, Conn., after a five-year battle with cancer. He attended Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, N.Y., where he participated…
Douglas Simms Stenhouse ’54
Doug died Sept. 27, 2019. He prepared for Princeton at National Cathedral Boys Choir, St. Alban’s School, in Washington, D.C. At Princeton he majored in…
Richard D. Savage ’54
Dick died Sept. 30, 2019. He was a graduate of Lakewood High School in Cleveland, Ohio. At Princeton he was elected to office in most…
H. Allen Holmes ’54
Allen died May 4, 2019. He was a distinguished Foreign Service officer. Born into a Foreign Service family, he attended St. Alban’s School in Washington…
Michael Taggart ’53
Michael was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and came to Princeton from the Park School and Belmont Hill. At Princeton he joined Elm Club 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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