MEMORIALS
William Frederick Poten ’31
BILL DIED on Oct. 24, 1989, at his home in St. Simon's Island, Ga., after a long illness. He prepared for Princeton at the Peddie…
Edward Gardner O'Brien ’31
CANCER AGAIN reached into our ranks to claim the life of Ed O'Brien on June 29, 1989, in the New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center. Ed…
Robert Webster Matlack ’31
THE YEARS Bob and Betty hoped to enjoy together at Medford Leas were not to be. Bob's lungs and heart gave out on him at…
William Campbell Abbey ’25
BILL ABBEY was born in Lampasas, Tex. and attended Culver Military Academy. After two years at Rice Univ., he transferred to Princeton. While with us…
Patrice Johnson *80
PATRICE JOHNSON *80 was killed in a plane crash in Aug. 1989. She was chief of staff for Rep. Mickey Leland (D. Tex.) and was…
Shmuel Horwitz *76
SHMUEL HORWITZ died in Feb. 1990 during the ambush of an Israeli tour bus in Egypt. He obtained a Ph.D. from the art and architecture…
John R. Slonaker ’69
THE CLASS, along with his family and many friends, suffered a great loss on Feb. 23, 1990, when John Slonaker died at his Summit, N.J…
Keene Clagett Brown ’50
AFTER 43 YEARS of gutsy determination overcoming health problems, Keene (Bubbles) Brown succumbed to cancer and was finally laid to rest Mar. 23, 1990. Although…
Henry Leopold Ughetta ’46
HANK DIED at home in Scarsdale, N.Y., on Dec. 19, 1989, after a long and gallant fight against Alzheimer's disease. At age 16, Hank came…
Henry Darcy Carruthers ’46
HANK DIED on Feb. 5, 1990, of complications after surgery at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, Long Island. After joining us from Great Neck High…
Richard H. Montgomery ’45
DICK DIED on Dec. 18, 1989, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis, after a prolonged and courageous battle against leukemia. Born on Jan. 9, 1923…
John R. Higgins ’43
JOHN DIED Mar. 17, 1990, at Overlook Hospital, in Summit, N.J., at the age of 69. Born in SI. Louis, Mo., he attended Taylor School…
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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