MEMORIALS
Robert B. Van Cleve ’54
Bob was dubbed “Mobe” by his Andover classmates after his hometown of Moberly, Mo. He died July 8, 2019, shortly after attending the class’s 65th…
William K. Mackey ’54
Bill died July 6, 2019, in Boston. He prepared for Princeton at Pingry School. He majored in politics and was a member of Campus Club…
Douglas Denby ’53
Douglas was born in Dublin, Ireland, and studied in Le Rosey, Switzerland, and at the Millbrook School before coming to Princeton. He was a member…
Dunbar Abston ’53
President and CEO of the family business for some 30 years, Dunbar Abston retired at the age of 56 and went back to school at…
Winthrop John Allegaert ’51
Win was born Dec. 29, 1928, in Orange, N.J., to Pierre and Beatrice Chanler Allegaert. His maternal grandfather was Winthrop Astor Chanler, one of the…
H. Mead Twitchell Jr. ’50
Mead died April 9, 2019, in Carmel, Ind. He had a life-long fascination with writing, publishing, and printing. He was raised in New York City…
Harold W. Smith ’50
Harold died April 23, 2019, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. A graduate of Dwight Morrow (Englewood, N.J.) High School, at Princeton he majored in history, sang…
Richard H. Sharrett ’50
Dick died April 29, 2019, in Edison, N.J. He graduated from The Pennington School. At Princeton he majored in biology and was awarded the Hibben…
Wallace E. Green ’50
Wally died May 11, 2019, in Mount Dora, Fla., where he had lived for the past 23 years. He came to Princeton from Trenton (N.J.)…
J. Shepard Bryan ’50
Shep died June 10, 2019. Born in St. Louis, Mo., he graduated from St. Louis Country Day in 1943, and then enlisted in the Navy…
Nicholas U. Sommerfeld ’48
Nick was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He grew up there and in Northampton, Mass. He graduated from Deerfield and was in the Navy V-12 program…
Pomeroy Smith ’46
Pom was born Feb. 2, 1924, in Newark, N.J., to Elmira and Van Tyle Smith. He died Jan. 27, 2019. He graduated from the Pawling…
Memorial PAWcasts
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
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