MEMORIALS
William B. O’Connor ’61
Bill died Nov. 6, 2017. He came to us from Canterbury School and was part of the Canterbury contingent that included Jay McCabe, John O’Neill…
Dennis S. Karjala ’61
Dennis died April 26, 2017, of complications resulting from treatment for cancer. Born in New York City, he came to us from Bellaire High School…
Francis Axel Harvey ’61
Axel died Feb. 20, 2016, of ALS in Montreal, Canada. Born and raised in Montreal, Axel came to us from Lower Canada College. At Princeton…
John S. Crocker ’61
John died Feb 21, 2017, in Mentor, Ohio. He was born in Elmira, N.Y., and was with us only freshman year. He was a member…
Peter J. Reilly ’60
Pete died Nov. 2, 2017, from complications of a rare cancer. He had a distinguished career as a professor of chemical engineering. At Princeton he…
Ronald L. Katsky ’60
Ron died Nov. 20, 2017, of a sudden attack of septic infection after an otherwise healthy and very active life. Born and raised in Los…
Glenn L. Kelly ’58
Glenn died Nov. 21, 2017. He was struck and killed by a car while walking. He was a graduate of Germantown (Pa.) Academy. At Princeton…
Edwin J. Bomer Jr. ’58
Jeff died Nov. 28, 2017, in Austin, Texas, after a long illness. He came to Princeton from the Taft School. Jeff majored in electrical engineering…
M. Grant Gross Jr. ’54
Grant died Dec. 17, 2017. A graduate of Amarillo (Texas) High School, at Princeton he majored in geology, joined Quadrangle Club, and was active in…
Herschel R. Phelps Jr. ’53
Herschel died Dec. 12, 2017, at Tru Hospice in Greeley, Colo. He grew up in Denver and graduated from East High School before entering Princeton…
Daniel S. Blalock Jr. ’53
Dan died Dec. 9, 2017, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, which was first diagnosed about 10 years ago. Dan came to Princeton from…
Charles B. Renfrew ’52
Charlie graduated from Birmingham (Mich.) High School, then served in the Navy before coming to the class. He majored in SPIA, was elected to Phi…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
December 2025
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