MEMORIALS
Beveridge Jerome Rockefeller Jr. ’52
Jerry graduated from Bronxville High School, where he was student government president. At Princeton he joined Key and Seal, majored in art, ran track, and…
Ledlie I. Laughlin Jr. ’52
Ledlie’s father was in the Class of 1912. Ledlie graduated from St. Paul’s, then served as a Winant Volunteer in East London before coming to…
George F. French ’50
George died Nov. 5, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. He graduated from The Thatcher School of Ojai, Calif. At Princeton he was a varsity diver and…
James H. Billington ’50
Jim died Nov. 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C. He was an eminent Russian scholar and the 13th librarian of Congress. He distinguished himself as our…
Bruce A. Silberblatt ’49
Bruce died Nov. 11, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Maria, his son, Enrique ’74, and two grandsons. He was the president of S.S…
Roger J. Schuler ’49
In 1945, when Princeton was still on a three-semester wartime schedule, we ’49ers who arrived on the first of July as the first civilian class…
William L. Terry ’45
Bill was born at the Pike-Fletcher-Terry House in Little Rock, Ark. He was the fourth child of Rep. David Dickson Terry. Bill attended St. Albans…
John W. Sutherland ’45
John grew up in Kansas City, Mo. He graduated from Pembroke Country Day School. At Princeton he majored in engineering, played football, and was a…
Robert B. Sartorius ’45
Sotie grew up in New York City and Tenafly, N.J. He came to us from The Hill School. At Princeton he played freshman baseball; was…
Hover T. Lentz ’45
Hov was raised in Denver, Colo. At Princeton he participated in freshman golf, Whig-Clio, and Tower Club until Pearl Harbor was attacked. He joined the…
Robert J. Williams *88
Robert Williams, professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara, died April 16, 2018, at age…
H. Jeffrey Leonard *85
Jeffrey Leonard, president and CEO of the Global Environment Fund (GEF), an alternative-asset manager, died suddenly Oct. 13, 2018, at age 64. Leonard graduated from…
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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