MEMORIALS
Daniel P. Filson ’49
Dan died July 12, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla., just four months after celebrating his 90th birthday. He came to Princeton from James Madison High…
Frederick Irving Walsh Jr. ’41
Irv died Nov. 8, 2016. He was born in Plainfield, N.J., and attended Loomis, where he was on the student council. At Princeton he was…
Leonard A. Zyzyck *83
Leonard Zyzyck, who had been a manager of technology at the Colgate-Palmolive Co., died July 18, 2018, at home in Princeton after a battle of…
Caroline J. Beeson *82
Caroline Beeson died July 24, 2018, at the age of 68. After a career assisting Near Eastern-U.S. business interests, she devoted several years to charitable…
Barry R. Harwood *79
Barry Harwood, the long-term curator of decorative arts at the Brooklyn Museum, died June 4, 2018, at the age of 71. Harwood graduated from Brandeis…
Steven T. Ross *63
Steven Ross, a respected military historian who held the William V. Pratt Chair at the United States Naval War College in Newport, R.I., died Aug…
Ned S. VanderVen *62
Ned VanderVen, professor emeritus of physics at Carnegie Mellon University, died Aug. 24, 2018, at the age of 86. VanderVen graduated from Harvard in 1955…
Wendell A. Ehrhart *61
Wendell Ehrhart, retired senior principal scientist at Armstrong World Industries, died May 26, 2018, at the age of 83. Ehrhart graduated from Franklin and Marshall…
Mark B. Schupack *60
Mark Schupack, retired professor of economics at Brown University, died Sept. 27, 2018, at age 87. Schupack graduated from MIT in 1953 and then served…
Edgar F. Puryear Jr. *59
Edgar Puryear, professor emeritus at Georgetown University and a self-styled “country lawyer,” died Aug. 4, 2018, at age 88. Puryear graduated from the University of…
Burdette C. Poland *54
Burdette Poland, professor emeritus of history at Pomona College, died peacefully April 1, 2018, at the age of 91. A Navy veteran of World War…
David Ackerman ’71
We lost an accomplished and highly regarded classmate when Dave died of brain cancer March 12, 2016. Dave came to Princeton from Maine Township East…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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December 2025
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