MEMORIALS
David Milne Watt III ’31
Dave was born Feb. 14, 1909, in Butler, Pa., and died on Nov. 30, 1999, in Tucson, Ariz., after a fulfilling and active life. Dave…
Michael J. Duffy ’55
Father Michael J. Duffy, a Maryknoll missionary priest for 35 years, died of heart failure at Maryknoll Center, Ossining, N .Y., on Nov. 16, 1999…
Ford Hubbard Jr. ’51
Ford died of cardiac arrest Dec. 6, 1999, in Houston. He came to Princeton from Andover and spent two years with us. He graduated from…
Bass Hicks Lewis Jr. ’47
Bass died in Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ga., on Feb. 1, 2000, after a long illness. Bass graduated from Lawrenceville in June 1943 and came…
E. Hervey Evans Jr. ’47
Hervey Evans died Feb. 6, 2000, of complications from cancer treatment. An enthusiastic supporter of Princeton and of '47, he twice served as southeastern v.p…
Kenneth Brown Beattie ’47
Ken Beattie, or "The Beat" as he was known, died Jan. 25, 2000, at Morristown Memorial Hospital, after a brief battle with cancer. He had…
John L. Welsh Jr. ’46
John died Oct. 4, 1999, in Houston, where he had lived since 1949 with his wife, Phoebe, and their children, John L. III, Edward, Phoebe…
John Kloepfer ’46
John died Jan. 29, 2000, in his native Buffalo after a lengthy illness. A graduate of the Nichols School, John entered Princeton in 1942. He…
Ethelbert Walton Smith Jr. ’42
Bert died Dec. 6, 1999, in a hospice in St. Petersburg, Fla., after a five-month illness. A prominent St. Petersburg auto dealer for 46 years…
Warren Philo Elmer Jr. ’42
Warren ''Bomber" Elmer died Jan. 25, 2000, in Princeton, after a long illness. He was one of the founders of the development office, and was…
Charles A. Von Elm ’41
Charlie died Dec. 14, 1999. He was a widower, having lost his wife, Nancy, in 1989. He was taken by pneumonia at New York Hospital…
Robert L. Terry ’41
Bob Terry died on Dec. 27, 1999. He was a widower. Bob went to Groton and majored in modern languages at Princeton. He was accepted…
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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