MEMORIALS
Barbara Tsakirgis *84
Barbara Tsakirgis, a professor of classical studies at Vanderbilt University, died Jan. 16, 2019, of complications of ALS at age 64. She graduated from Yale…
T. James Trussell *75
James Trussell, the emeritus Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Public and International Affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, died Dec. 26, 2018. He was…
Albert J. Semtner Jr. *73
Albert Semtner, professor of oceanography emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., died Dec. 15, 2018, at age 77. Semtner earned a degree…
Theodore K. Rabb *61
Theodore Rabb, professor emeritus who taught history at Princeton for 40 years, died Jan. 7, 2019. He was 81. Having grown up in England, Rabb…
Norman Itzkowitz *59
Norman Itzkowitz, professor emeritus of Near Eastern studies at Princeton, died peacefully Jan. 20, 2019, at age 87. Born in New York City, he graduated…
Meredith Bower Holt ’98
Meredith died suddenly April 5, 2019, in Denver, Colo. She was born in Antibes, France, to Peter and Myriam Bower, and moved to the United…
Brian LaPorte ’80
In eulogies, obituaries, and graveyards, “beloved” is an often-overused adjective, more aspirational than accurate. But in the case of Brian LaPorte, who died March 21…
Eric Zwemer ’77
Eric died Sept. 13, 2018, after fighting an aggressive cancer. His classmates remember him best as an extremely talented actor. At Princeton he was in…
David E. Losch ’75
David died on April 14, 2016, at age 61. He entered Princeton with the Class of 1976 but graduated with us in 1975 with a…
Richard G. Hinchliffe ’72
Hinch died Feb. 1, 2019, of glioblastoma at his home in Glen Ridge, N.J. He came to Princeton from Lexington (Mass.) High School, where he…
James A. Winn ’68
James died March 21, 2019, of pancreatic cancer at home in Brattleboro, Vt., surrounded by family. He was 71. With his passing, the class lost…
James D. Walton ’68
Jim died suddenly from toxic shock March 27, 2019, in Boston, Mass. He was 72. Born in Evanston, Ill., he attended New Trier High School…
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.
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