MEMORIALS
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…
Paul M. Dorfman ’61
Paul died Nov. 9, 2018, in San Francisco after a long illness. Born in Chicago, he came to Princeton from New Trier High School. At…
Douglas E. Yeager ’69
A truly special fellow left us Oct. 28, 2018, when Doug died. In his eulogy, a high school friend noted, with great accuracy, the things…
Michael J. Keyser ’60
Mike was born and raised in Salt Lake City, the eldest of four brothers and a sister. There he earned the rank of Eagle Scout…
Indrikis M. Kaneps ’58
Henry died Oct. 7, 2018, in Sandyston, N.J. He was 84. He came to Princeton from Newark Arts High School after an unusual childhood. Henry…
James S. Cox Jr. ’58
Jim died Nov. 2, 2018, in Thomasville, Ga. He was 82. He came to Princeton from the Gilman School, where he participated in football, tennis…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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January 2026
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