MEMORIALS
Elbert L. Hoffman *53
ELBERT LES HOFFMAN, associate professor emeritus of psychology at Tulane Univ., died Feb. 8, 1994, of liver failure. Born in Oklahoma City, Elbert lived in…
Richard F. S. Starr *38
RICHARD STARR, RENOWNED ARCHEOLOGIST, passed away Mar. 9, 1994, in Leesburg, Va. He was 94. An authentic "Old China Hand," he received his bachelor's degree…
William D. Clark ’82
WILLIAM DEAN CLARK DIED at Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, on February 12, 1993, of AIDS. He graduated from New Hope (Penn.) Solebury H.S. in 1975. He…
John Pozzi ’78
JOHN'S FRIENDS ARE SADDENED to report his death on Apr. 26, 1994, after a long fight with AIDS. At Princeton, John majored in art history…
Jane Palmer ’75
OUR CLASSMATE JANE PALMER was killed instantly on Dec. 11. 1993, when she was struck by a car while crossing the street in Hesperia, Calif…
Thomas O. Calhoun ’62
THOMAS CALHOUN, a professor of English at the Univ. of Delaware for 27 years, died of heart failure at his home on June 13, 1994…
David N. Peterson ’58
DAVID NORTHRUP PETERSON DIED of a heart attack at his hilltop home in Cortlandt, N.Y., Dec. l 9, 1993. His heart condition had compelled him…
Edward J. Naumann ’57
ED DIED June 4, 1994, at his home in Pittsburgh, the city of his birth, after a courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He had…
John M. S. Finney ’56
JOHN FINNEY DIED June 1, 1994, in Lexington, Ky., seven months after undergoing heart replacement surgery. John came to Princeton from the McDonogh School in…
Geoffrey D. Dunkak ’56
JEFF DUNKAK, one of the more gregarious and outgoing members of the class, passed away Feb. 8, 1994. Jeff, born in Baltimore, came to Princeton…
W. James Howard ’53
IF EVER THERE WERE a Baltimore blue blood, it was Jimmy Howard, who died July 2, 1994, after a long bout with emphysema. Jimmy was…
Thomas C. Helm ’53
WHAT BEGAN as a happy family gathering at the beach ended in disaster when Tom Helm accidentally drowned in the ocean at Martha's Vineyard July…
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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