MEMORIALS
Imbrie Buffum ’35 *42
Imbrie Buffum, one of the most eminent scholars in our class, died of pneumonia July 7, 1997, in Penn Yan, N.Y., where he had lived…
Coulter Dunham Huyler Jr. ’34
Coulter Huyler, a former Foreign Service officer who in retirement fulfilled a lifelong dream of buying a working farm, died Sept. 4, 1997, after a…
Waldo Milton Claflin II ’34
Waldo Claflin, a design engineer who worked for the Naval Aircraft Factory, Republic Aviation, and Grumman before moving to Boeing in 1966 to help design…
Jacobo Adrian Varela ’32 *33
Jack Varela, whose father was Uruguay's Minister to the U.S. during our undergraduate days, died May 30, 1997, in his native Montevideo. After obtaining his…
Jacobo Adrian Varela ’32 *33
Jack Varela, whose father was Uruguay's Minister to the U.S. during our undergraduate days, died May 30, 1997, in his native Montevideo. After obtaining his…
William Henry Reynolds ’32
Bill Reynolds, our film editor par excellence, died July 16, 1997, of cancer in South Pasadena, Calif. Bill devoted his entire life to the film…
Tom Beale Jr. ’31
Wilson Thomas Moore Beale Jr., of Martinsburg, W. Va., died of heart failure Aug. 23, 1997, after a distinguished career in government service. He was…
Archer Winsten ’26
Archer Winsten, an outstanding reviewer of movies for the New York Post for over 50 years, died Feb. 21, 1997, at the home of his…
Robert R. Lester ’16
Robert R. Lester died Sept. 11, 1997, at his home in Kansas City, Mo. At the age of 103, he was Princeton's oldest living alumnus…
Scott Roche ’94
Scott died of injuries suffered in a car accident on Jan. 10, 1998, as he was on his way to an afternoon of snowboarding. He…
James B. Hunter III ’61
Jim Hunter, public servant in his native Arlington, Va., died Jan. 5, 1998, after a struggle with melanoma. He was 58. A third-generation Princetonian, he…
Gilbert T. Bergendahl ’57
Gil died Nov. 20, 1997. He was born in Pawtucket, R.I., and graduated from Choate School. At Princeton he majored in biology; he then graduated…
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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