MEMORIALS
David K. Akers ’50
Dave died March 19, 2019, at his F6 Ranch home in Kimble County, Texas, where he and his wife, Margaret, had lived since the mid-1950s…
Karl F. Schlaepfer Jr. ’49
Karl died March 30, 2019, after a long illness. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wis. Karl enlisted in the Navy in 1945, majored in psychology…
Richard B. Robinson ’49
Dick died April 22, 2019, in his home at the Ocean Reef Club in Florida. Dick, a Hill School graduate, joined us in 1946 after…
John M.D. Hughes ’49
Jack died April 29, 2019, at an assisted-living facility in Easton, Md., near his home in St. Michaels. His wife of 52 years, Marilyn, died…
Donald B. Reed ’48
Don was born in Bethel, Conn., in June 1925. He died a week before his 94th birthday in Lee’s Summit, Mo., a Kansas City suburb…
John B. Miner ’48 *55
Jack was born July 20, 1926, in New York City. He died May 8, 2019, of natural causes in Eugene, Ore. He graduated from Deerfield…
John B. Miner ’48 *55
Jack was born July 20, 1926, in New York City. He died May 8, 2019, of natural causes in Eugene, Ore. He graduated from Deerfield…
Glen H. Lathrop Jr. ’43
Glen died July 13, 2017, at his home in Webbers Falls, Okla. He was 95. Born in South Pasadena, Calif., Glen attended South Pasadena High…
John H. Blake III ’43
Budge died Dec. 24, 2018, at home in Tres Pinos, Calif., after spending a happy day with friends and family. He was 97 years old…
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…
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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