MEMORIALS
Hamilton Witherspoon McKay Jr. ’51
Peter was born Oct. 28, 1929, in Charlotte, N.C., to Dr. Hamilton W. and Katherine Whitner McKay. Peter’s family roots were in Sumter County, York…
Layman Edward Allen ’51
Layman was born June 9, 1927, in Turtle Creek, Pa., to Layman G. and Viola Williams Allen. After two years service in the Navy, he…
John E. Shepherd ’50
Jack died Jan. 25, 2020, at his home in Greenwich, Conn. A Blair Academy graduate, he volunteered for the Army in 1943 and served as…
John T. Jameson Jr. ’50
John died Feb. 20, 2020, at home at the age of 94. He was a lifelong resident of Indianapolis. John left Shortridge (Indianapolis) High School…
Wynne James III ’50
Wynne died Jan. 14, 2020. As part of his focus on energy conservation, Wynne bicycled more than 150,000 miles in his lifetime, pedaling 18 miles…
Richard C. Hungerford ’50
Rich died Oct. 27, 2019. He was a longtime resident of St. Louis, Mo. He came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School. He was vice…
Joseph S. Holman ’50
Joe died Dec. 12, 2019, from complications of a stroke at a Philadelphia hospital. He was a leading South Jersey business executive. Joe graduated from…
Richard A. Gray Jr. ’50
Dick died Feb. 3, 2020, in Hilton Head Island, where he and Lucia, his wife of 63 years, had lived since 1996. A Mercersburg Academy…
Charles VanAnden ’49
Chuck died April 22, 2020, at the age of 92. He came to Princeton from Salisbury School in Salisbury, Conn., where he was an outstanding…
Robert Perry Thomas Reeves ’49
Perry died Jan. 15, 2020, in Lakewood, N.J. A lifelong New Jersey resident, he lived in Brielle and Spring Lake Heights, moving to Lakewood 18…
Kenelm W. Doak ’49
Ken died Nov. 13, 2019, in Concord, N.H., his home for many years. He was born in Philadelphia, one of 10 children, and came to…
Thomas G. Cleveland ’49
Tom, son of Richard Cleveland 1919 and grandson of President Grover Cleveland, died March 20, 2020, in Tamworth, N.H., his summer and retirement home. An…
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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