MEMORIALS
William Stewart Pinkerton Jr. ’64
Stew died Oct. 28, 2019, of complications from pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Stone Ridge, N.Y. He came to Princeton from Minneapolis…
Robert Ling ’64
Bob died Aug. 7, 2019, in New York City, where he lived for most of his adult life. He was 77. Born in Shanghai, China…
Edward J. Jaramillo Jr. ’63
Eddie died Aug. 24. 2019, of a heart attack in Redwood City, Calif. He was a pioneering software engineer. After Burges High School in El…
Thomas R. Deupree ’62
Tom died Oct. 5, 2019, of natural causes. Tom came to us from Cincinnati Country Day School, where he was both a good student and…
James Robertson ’59
Jim died Sept. 7, 2019, from a heart ailment. Born in Cleveland, Jim came to us from Western Reserve Academy. At Princeton he majored in…
Stephen R. Rineberg ’59
Steve died Jan. 3, 2017. He was an art collector and indefatigable supporter of the Phoenix Art Museum. Born in New Brunswick, N.J., Steve prepared…
Aaron Wigdor ’57
Aaron Wigdor died April 23, 2018. Aaron was raised in Bayonne, N.J. At Princeton, he belonged to Court Club. From early on he seemed to…
Luther M. Strayer III ’57
Lu’s life was never far from water. He began sailing at the age of 1 and could sail alone at 8. While his father was…
John D. Eliassen ’57
At Princeton, Jack held a research assistantship in chemical engineering. He was president of the Westminster Fellowship for one year, a Commons captain for two…
Tim Benn ’57
Tim died unexpectedly Oct. 9, 2019, of a heart attack. Although Tim was with us at Princeton only sophomore year, he described his experience there…
John Aponick ’57
“His passions led him to happiness,” John’s children said of him. “He loved what he did.” One passion was his legal practice. He specialized in…
Geoffrey G. Hall ’55
Geof died Aug. 19, 2017, in Stamford, Conn., after a five-year battle with cancer. He attended Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, N.Y., where he participated…
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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