MEMORIALS
Peter F. Dirk Van Peenen ’53
Dirk spent a good part of his life looking for trouble in his role as a Navy research doctor: disease-bearing ticks in Egypt, schistosoma (blood…
Clark McKercher Simms ’53
Mac died July 12, 2019, in Wells, Maine. He was born in Montclair, N.J., and graduated from Montclair Academy. At Princeton he was a member…
James Edward Fowler ’53
Ed was born in Boise, Idaho, and graduated from Boise Senior High School. At Princeton he majored in politics and wrote a thesis on “The…
John Edward Craig Jr. ’53
Ed died June 6, 2019, at home in Tryon, N.C. He was born in Great Neck, N.Y., and graduated from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton…
Donn Allen Snyder ’51
Donn was born July 13, 1929, in Plainfield, N.J., to William and Ophelia Judson Snyder. A graduate of Plainfield High School, at Princeton he majored…
Charles Corson Highley Jr. ’51
Chuck was born May 9, 1926, in Newark, N.J., to Charles and Anna Turnbull Highley. His father was a member of the Class of 1917…
George Franklin Darden Jr. ’51
George was born April 4, 1929, in Columbia, S.C., to George and Eliza Everett Darden. George prepared at Woodberry Forest School. At Princeton he majored…
Dominic J. Karol ’48 *52
Dom was born Feb. 16, 1927, and grew up in Palisades Park, N.J. He entered Princeton in July 1944, joined Prospect Club and the Glee…
Dominic J. Karol ’48 *52
Dom was born Feb. 16, 1927, and grew up in Palisades Park, N.J. He entered Princeton in July 1944, joined Prospect Club and the Glee…
John Imbrie ’48
John was born July 4, 1925, in Penn Yan, N.Y. He had a distinguished career in earth sciences research and teaching geology, paleontology, and oceanography…
Milton N. Allen ’48
Mole was the first president of the Class of 1948, elected in our freshman year of 1944-45. He then transferred to the Naval Academy and…
Thomas A. Sampson ’43
Thomas died March 20, 2019, in Naples, Fla., after a short illness. He was 97. Tom attended Mercer (Pa.) High School, where he was editor…
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
Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.
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