MEMORIALS
Vaden M. Lackey, Jr. ’50
Vaden died peacefully March 19, 2019. He was a lifelong resident of Nashville, Tenn. He graduated from Montgomery Bell (Tenn.) Academy. His father was in…
Edward H. Friend ’50
Ted, a groundbreaking actuary, died of natural causes March 5, 2019, in Boca Raton, Fla. Coming to Princeton from East Orange (N.J.) High School, he…
Ralph A. Cardello ’50 *52
Ralph died Feb. 10, 2019. He was a longtime Exxon engineer and resident of Bridgewater, N.J. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from…
Ralph A. Cardello ’50 *52
Ralph died Feb. 10, 2019. He was a longtime Exxon engineer and resident of Bridgewater, N.J. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from…
Daniel R. Toll ’49
Dan died Jan. 16, 2019, in New Hope, Pa. A born Westerner, Dan came to Princeton from Denver via The Hill School. He majored in…
Daniel W. Shields ’49
Dan died June 16, 2018, in Morrison, Colo., where he had lived since 1971. Dan came to Princeton in 1946 after service in the Army…
William Stanley Merwin ’48
Bill was a prolific, world-renowned, prize-winning poet, a translator of poems from many languages (including the “Purgatorio” of Dante’s Divine Comedy), an essayist, and an…
Robert D. Heins ’48
Robert was born March 6, 1927, in Richmond, Va., and died Jan. 27, 2019, in Sarasota, Fla. He did Navy service at the University of…
David C. Hazen ’48 *49
Born July 3, 1927, in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., David grew up in Easton, Md., and died in Easton April 27, 2019. David’s father, William, was in…
David C. Hazen ’48 *49
Born July 3, 1927, in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., David grew up in Easton, Md., and died in Easton April 27, 2019. David’s father, William, was in…
Otto P. Geier Jr. ’48
A corporate technical and management consultant, Otto was an avid golfer, both around Cincinnati and on courses nationwide. He also played piano — since the…
Anderson Todd ’43 *49
Andy died Dec. 21, 2018, peacefully at home in Houston, Texas. He was 97. Andy prepped at St. George’s School in Newport, R.I., where 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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