MEMORIALS
Robert S. Ketchum ’59
Bob died May 18, 2019, following a brief illness. Born in Detroit, Mich., he graduated from Birmingham High School. While there he met Marilyn Benson…
Thomas A. Kerr Jr. ’59
The Rev. Canon Thomas Kerr died Dec. 19, 2018, at home in Wilmington, Del., surrounded by his family. He had endured a 13-year battle with…
John E. Hardaway ’59 *63
John died peacefully Dec. 24, 2018, near his Boulder-area home after four years of declining health. John came to Princeton from Lower Merion (Pa.) Senior…
John E. Hardaway ’59 *63
John died peacefully Dec. 24, 2018, near his Boulder-area home after four years of declining health. John came to Princeton from Lower Merion (Pa.) Senior…
William M. Damerel ’59
Born in Detroit, Mich., Bill came to Princeton from the Kingswood School in West Hartford, Conn., preceded by his father, who was in the Class…
Kevin E. Cassidy ’59
Kevin died May 5, 2019, in Southampton, N.Y., from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Rochester, N.Y., Kevin and his family moved to Southampton…
Perry Edwards Hall Smith ’57
Perry died May 14, 2019, of cancer in Bangkok, Thailand. Over the next two days, his body was cremated there in a Buddhist ceremony. Perry…
Harold E. Jackson ’54
Jack (known later to friends and family as Hal) died June 15, 2019, of acute myeloid leukemia. A graduate of Collingswood (N.J.) High School, at…
John D. Gray ’54
John prepared for Princeton at Evanston Township (Ill.) High School, where he excelled in swimming. At Princeton he lettered four years in varsity swimming, majored…
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…
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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