MEMORIALS
Philip Gossett *70
Philip Gossett, professor of music at the University of Chicago and a noted musicologist, died June 13, 2017, after having endured progressive supranuclear palsy. He…
David F. Dorsey Jr. *67
David Dorsey, an academician for most of his life who became an attorney after retiring, died April 8, 2017, of complications of dementia. He was…
Kenneth R. Blanchard *67
Kenneth Blanchard, a physician known for his success in treating thyroid disease, died April 15, 2017, at the age of 77. Blanchard earned a bachelor’s…
Oscar E. Lanford III *66
Oscar Lanford, a respected and influential professor in the field of mathematical physics, died of cancer Nov. 16, 2013, at the age of 74. Lanford…
Arthur L. Deleray *66
Arthur Deleray, professor of chemistry emeritus at Las Positas College, in Livermore, Calif., died June 29, 2017, in an auto accident. He was 81. Deleray…
Robert F. Boldt *62
Robert Boldt, retired senior research scientist at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), died July 15, 2017, after a lengthy illness at the University Medical Center…
Robert F. McAlevy III *60
Robert McAlevy, retired professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., died July 15, 2017. He was 84. A native…
Jan Kolasa *60
Jan Kolasa, retired professor at the University of Wroclaw in Poland, died Aug. 13, 2016, at the age of 89. Kolasa graduated in 1950 with…
Raymond M. Smullyan *59
Raymond Smullyan, a mathematician, logician, and professor emeritus of philosophy at Lehman College and the Graduate Center at CUNY, died Feb. 6, 2017, at the…
Eugene M. Becker *59
Eugene Becker died Sept. 28, 2016, at age 86, after a distinguished career in finance. Becker earned a Colgate bachelor’s degree in 1951 and a…
Michael J. Wolff *58
Michael Wolff, professor emeritus of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, died peacefully Nov. 5, 2016, at age 89. Born in London, Wolff graduated…
M.W. Perrine *58
M.W. Perrine, an internationally recognized authority on the effects of alcohol, died peacefully Nov. 15, 2016, at age 88. At the end of World War…
Memorial PAWcasts
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
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