MEMORIALS
James F. Caldwell ’50
Jim died peacefully Nov. 11, 2017, at Gilchrist Hospice near his home of many years in Catonsville, Md. Born in a railroad town in southwestern…
Theodore V. Buttrey Jr. ’50 *53
Ted died Jan. 9, 2018, in Cambridge, England, where he had lived for many years. Born in Havre, Mont., to Ruth and Ted Sr., who…
Theodore V. Buttrey Jr. ’50 *53
Ted died Jan. 9, 2018, in Cambridge, England, where he had lived for many years. Born in Havre, Mont., to Ruth and Ted Sr., who…
Brendan T. Byrne ’49
Brendan Byrne, the only ’49er who served as the governor of New Jersey, died Jan. 4, 2018, a few months before his 94th birthday. He…
Norman B. Tomlinson Jr. ’48
Norm died Dec. 7, 2017, in Morristown, N.J. He was born there in March 1927 and lived in Morristown all of his life. He was…
John I. Blue ’48
John died Feb. 26, 2018, in Kingswood, Texas, at 91. He was born Oct. 26, 1926, in San Antonio, Texas. He matriculated at Princeton in…
Charles S. Iversen ’43
Our class lost its vice president, Chuck, Jan. 27, 2018. He was a graduate of Central High School in Washington D.C., where he was a…
Robert E. Billings ’43
Bob died Feb. 8, 2018. He was born and raised in Collingswood, N.J. After graduation from Princeton he served as a sergeant in the Army…
David Wheeler Smith ’76
The following memorial was published online with the April 25, 2018, issue. It is with great sadness that the class officers report the sudden death…
Douglass S. Darrow *88
Douglass Darrow, principal research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, died Sept. 13, 2017, of cancer-related complications, at age 57. Darrow graduated from Michigan…
G. Peter Beardsley *71
Peter Beardsley, professor of pediatric hematology/oncology and pharmacology at Yale Medical School, died Sept. 6, 2017, at age 76. Beardsley graduated from MIT in 1967…
John Schlight *65
John Schlight, a retired Air Force colonel and professor of history, died peacefully Sept. 4, 2017, at age 90. Schlight graduated from high school and…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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