MEMORIALS
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…
Robert A. Fowler ’50
Bob died Jan. 12, 2018, in Princeton. He graduated from the Valley Forge Military Academy. At Princeton he was on the varsity crew and rowed…
David P. Billington ’50
Dave died March 25, 2018, in Los Angeles. He was a Hill School alum and Navy veteran. At Princeton he played varsity soccer, acted in…
Charles F. Wheatley Jr. ’49
Charlie died Feb. 13, 2018, in Grasonville, Md. Charlie came to Princeton from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington. He majored in history, joined Prospect…
John W. Kern III ’49
John died Jan. 30, 2018, in Washington, D.C. He was a retired judge of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. A lifelong…
Carl G. Fonden ’49
Charlie died April 12, 2014, in Manchester, N.H. He was born Oct. 23, 1925, and enlisted in the Army immediately after finishing high school. As…
John C. Davis ’49
John died peacefully July 21, 2016, in his home at the Plymouth Harbor Retirement Community, near Sarasota, Fla. John grew up in Eau Claire, Wis…
John F. Bernard ’49
John died Jan. 12, 2018, in Princeton. He and his wife, Peggy, had lived there for many years, with a summer home in Washington, Vt…
William W. Baden ’49
Wil died Nov. 9, 2016, in California. A native of New York, he came to Princeton as a math major, and although little is known…
Paul D. Loser ’48
Pete died April 16, 2018, in Newtown, Pa., at age 92. He was a longtime leader of ’48, as our immediate past president and the…
Bernard Eckstein ’48
Bernard was born in Ulm, Germany, and died Nov. 27, 2017, in Oberlin, Ohio, at age 93. In the late 1930s the Eckstein family escaped…
David A. Downs ’48
David was born Jan. 11, 1926, in Denver, Colo. He was a lifelong resident of Denver and died there Nov. 24, 2017, at age 91…
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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