MEMORIALS
Jay E. Helme ’54
Jay, known to many as The Commodore, died Jan. 21, 2019. A graduate of Penn Charter School, at Princeton he majored in economics and was…
George Roberts Wallis ’53
George died Feb. 18, 2019, of kidney failure in Falmouth, Maine. He was 87. Born in Philadelphia, George graduated from Millbrook School, spent three years…
Harry Patterson ’53
Harry was born in Pompton Lakes, N.J., and came to Princeton from Pennington Preparatory School. He played varsity football but left college in his sophomore…
Charles D. Shriver ’52
Charlie died Jan. 20, 2019. He came to us from Deerfield and majored at first in aeronautical engineering, but decided to switch to mechanical engineering…
John B. Zabriskie ’51
Zab was born July 5, 1929, in Montreux, Switzerland, to Dr. J.B. and Bernice Daly Zabriskie. He came to us from the Hotchkiss School. At…
Leighton Rand Phraner ’51
Leighton was born March 18, 1930, in Brooklyn to Stanley and Dorothy Rand Phraner. His father and his uncle Boudinot Atterbury were in the Class…
John Miles Headley ’51
John was born Oct. 23, 1929, in New York City to Peter and Beatrice Miles Headley. He came to us from Woodstock (Vt.) High School…
Arthur Richard Haury ’51
Dick was born Dec. 29, 1929, in Passaic, N.J., to Arthur and Gertrude Stiles Haury. He came to us from Hopkins Grammar School in New…
Kenneth Harold Felch ’51
Ken was born April 4, 1929, in Rochester, N.Y., to Harold and Bertha Jackson Felch. He grew up in Rochester and graduated from West High…
Farrell W. Bushing Jr. ’51
Farrell was born April 24, 1929, in Detroit, Mich., to Farrell and Catherine Carver Bushing. He came to us from Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton…
Reade B. Nimick ’50
Reade died Feb. 22, 2019, in Paoli, Pa. He graduated from Exeter and served in the Air Force before entering Princeton, where his father was…
John C. Lowman ’50
Jack died April 3, 2019, in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 93. Always active, he rode his bicycle and played tennis until age 92. 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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