MEMORIALS
William M. McGovern ’55
Bill was born July 9, 1934, to Margaret McGovern and William Montgomery McGovern. At Princeton he majored in history, graduated summa cum laude, was a…
Rodney Selim Dayan ’55
Rodney Selim Dayan was born in May 1933 in Seattle, Wash., to J.C. Dayan. At Princeton, Rodney majored in philosophy and wrote his senior thesis…
Herb Ahrens ’55
The son of Violet and Willis Ahrens, Herb was born Oct. 22, 1933, in Hackensack, N.J. At Princeton he was a member of Tower Club…
H. Ganse Little Jr. ’54
Binks died March 14, 2018, after a long illness. He prepared at Deerfield, and at Princeton he majored in English under the American Civilization Program…
William B. Gardner ’53
Bill was born in New York City and came to Princeton after graduating from the Lawrenceville School. He was a member of Cloister Club and…
William T. Elbow ’53
William was born in New York City and came to Princeton after attending Governor Dummer Academy. He left Princeton after his sophomore year and graduated…
Daniel Carey Dahl ’53
Daniel died April 14, 2018, in Clifton, N.J. He was born in Passaic, N.J., and came to Princeton after graduating from Passaic Senior High School…
George H. Carleu ’53
George died April 21, 2018. He was born in Newark, N.J., and prepared for Princeton at Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemical engineering…
John N. Farmer ’52
John had a childhood quite unlike any of the rest of us. Born to English missionary parents in India, he began school in England but…
Wendell S. Dietrich ’51
Wen was born June 17, 1930, in Syracuse, N.Y., to Sanford and Mary Willett Dietrich. He prepared for Princeton at the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton…
Ronald A. Wittreich ’50
Ron died Dec. 3, 2017, after a brief illness in Englewood, N.J. He graduated from Tenafly (N.J.) High School in 1944, where he captained the…
Donald G. West ’50
Don died Jan. 21, 2018, in Bethesda, Md., not far from where he was born. He attended Episcopal (Va.) High School and Bullis School. Don…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
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