MEMORIALS
Richard S. Wirtz *63
Richard Wirtz, the E.E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law emeritus at the University of Tennessee College of Law, died Jan. 3, 2019, at age 78…
Arthur K. Satz *57
Arthur Satz, president emeritus of the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), died Nov. 10, 2018, at the age of 89. Satz graduated with…
Russell J. Klingenmeir Jr. *56
Russell Klingenmeir, retired Navy captain, Civil Engineer Corps, died May 15, 2019, at age 96. His engineering studies at Johns Hopkins were interrupted by World…
David S. Carter *52
David Carter, professor emeritus of mathematics at Oregon State University, died peacefully Dec. 28, 2018, at the age of 92. Born in 1926 in Victoria…
Lynn King ’83
Lynn died April 22, 2019, just after 9:30 p.m., surrounded by her beloved circle of friends and with her daughter at her side. Lynn was…
Margaret Beale Woodward ’78
Margaret died May 10, 2019, at the age of 63. Coming to Princeton from Rye High School in New York, Margaret majored in Romance languages…
Tim Testerman ’73
The class was saddened to learn that Tim went to his eternal rest Aug. 2, 2019, after an illness in Lang Son Province, Vietnam. Tim…
Samuel James Elliott IV ’72
Jim died March 27, 2019, in Palm Springs, Calif., from a massive heart attack, while practicing bridge on his computer. Jim passed away from a…
Allen Sparkman ’68
Allen died peacefully April 25, 2019, of ALS. He was 73. He came to Princeton from Spring Branch Senior High School in Houston, Texas, where…
Richard J. Smith ’66
Rick died Nov. 8, 2018. His family held a private service in Taos County, N.M. Rick was in the first graduating class of Albuquerque’s Manzano…
Robert S. Edsall Jr. ’63
Bob died peacefully May 10, 2019, in Durango, Colo., from progressive supranuclear palsy. A longtime resident of Florida, he ran a large citrus operation there…
Rensselaer W. Lee III ’59
A modern Renaissance man, foreign-policy consultant Rens died Dec. 30, 2018. Born in Evanston, Ill., Rens came to us from Milton Academy. At Princeton he…
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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