MEMORIALS
Donald S. Bright ’63
Don died Feb. 16, 2025. He lived in Trent Woods, N.C., served patients for more than 55 years, and continued to volunteer until his death…
Robert W. Allen ’63
Robert, president of a fuel corporation on the Delaware-Maryland Eastern Shore, died March 17, 2025, in Fenwick Island, Del., close to Seaford where his business…
Peter Burr Loomis IV ’61
Burr died Sept. 13, 2024, in Chambersburg, Pa., while in home hospice for a chronic illness. Born in Detroit, he came to us from Ernest…
Stephen Ely ’61
Steve died March 15, 2025, in Locust Valley, N.Y., his home for 50 years. Born in Washington, D.C., he came to us from St. Albans…
Thomas E. Wing ’60
At high school in Port Washington, Long Island, Tom played varsity football, joined the chess club, and sailed on the Sound. He brought the latter…
John D. Stempel ’60
John barely evaded the violent seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Called home to Washington just in time, he later published Inside…
Ronald C. Hillegass ’60
Ron was an enthusiastic athlete and outdoorsman. Baseball, basketball, and football at Westmont High School in Johnstown, Pa., led to four years of varsity football…
C. Miller Biddle IV ’60 *61
Miller studied the more attractive customs of his pioneer New Jersey and Philadelphia ancestors. He chronicled their emigration to America in 1633, worshipped with their…
John McVickar Robinson ’57
We recently received word that John died Nov. 21, 2021, in San Mateo, Calif. He came to Princeton from the Holderness School in New Hampshire…
Joel J. Winton ’56
Joel died June 28, 2024, in Wyckoff, N.J. He came to Princeton from Forest Hills (N.Y.) High School, where he was a varsity swimmer. At…
Preston L. Spruance Jr. ’56
Preston died July 23, 2024, in Eureka, Calif. Following his father, Preston Lea ’33, he came to Princeton from Lawrenceville but soon transferred to Ithaca…
Christopher C. Smith ’56
Kit died Dec. 27, 2024, in Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, he came to Princeton from Phillips Andover, following his brother Richard C. Smith ’54. On…
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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April 2026
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