MEMORIALS
Herbert M. Giffin ’31
Born in 1909, Herb, a retired surgeon, died on Dec. 23, 1999, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, of a heart ailment. He was…
Datus Clifford Smith Jr. ’29
Datus died on Nov. 17, 1999. He was 92. He prepared for Princeton at Andover. In college, he was on the board of the Princetonian…
John Cloud McPherson ’29
Mac died on Nov. 13, 1999. He prepared at Hotchkiss. At Princeton, he was Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He won the Lyman…
Todson H. Becker ’28
Todson died on Feb. 12, 2000, in Toronto, his home since 1946. After graduating from Princeton, he attended Harvard Business School, graduating in 1930 with…
Wallace M. Thompson Jr. ’48
Wally Thompson died on Mar. 29, 1989, in Lakewood, N.Y., after a battle with emphysema and heart problems. "Skipper," as he was known to all…
Ian Stuart Ridgway ’46
Ian Stuart Ridgway passed away on Jan. 15, 1989, in Garden City, N.Y., after a long and debilitating illness. A memorial service was held at…
Fred L. Main Jr. ’46
Fred passed away on Oct 31,1988, at his home in Panama City, Fla. He was a native of Montclair, NJ., and prepped for Princeton at…
Kent Keehn ’46
Kent Keehn died of pneumonia on Aug. 20, 1988. He started with us in June 1942 and left in 1943 to prepare for his West…
Calvin M. Hotchkiss ’43
Cal died on Oct. 21, 1988, at the age of 67. Born in Rochester, N.Y., he entered Princeton in 1939 and graduated with a B.A…
Langeland Van Cleef ’41
Van died on Mar. 24, 1989, at the Hillcrest Hospital, in Canaan, N.Y. Although he spent most of his career in sales, he was an…
John Thompson Dorrance Jr. ’41
Jack died at his home, in Bryn Mawr, Penn., of an apparent heart attack on Apr. 9, 1989. He retired in 1984 as chairman of…
William Hollingsworth Attwood ’41
Bill Attwood died on Apr. 14, 1989, of heart failure at his home in New Canaan, Conn. He was one of the most illustrious members…
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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