MEMORIALS
John Brightman ’55
John was born Dec. 31, 1932, in Washington, D.C., to Ethel Pharr and Harry Prentiss Brightman. He died Oct. 2, 2017. The brother of Harry…
Frederic T.C. Brewer IV ’54
Fred died Oct. 3, 2017. He graduated from Newark Academy in Livingston, N.J., where he excelled in academics and football. His curiosity for learning how…
Richard Eli Strassner ’53
Richard died Oct. 13, 2017, in St. Louis, Mo., where he was born. He came to Princeton from the John Burroughs School and majored in…
Lyman A. Myers ’53
Lyman died Oct. 8, 2017, in Vinita, Okla. He was born in Newport, R.I., and came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy, but left Princeton after…
William McElwee Miller Jr. ’53
Bill was born in Iran to missionary parents, graduated from Choate, and then spent six years of active duty in the Naval Air Force. He…
John Keith Maitland ’53
Jack was born in Hershey, Pa., and came to Princeton from Hershey High School. He majored in history, was a member of Quadrangle Club, and…
Francis Michael Donohue Jr. ’53
Mike was born in New York City and came to Princeton from the Brooks Academy in North Andover, Mass. He majored in economics and wrote…
Geoff Nunes ’52
We have lost one of our best. Geoff came from New Rochelle High School, enrolled at SPIA, and joined Tiger. His dad was Kenneth Nunes…
Irvin Cohen Jr. ’52
Irv came to us from Lawrenceville. At Princeton he joined Elm, was an announcer on WPRU, and roomed with Cliff Barr. He majored in history…
H. Pharr Brightman ’52
Harry graduated from the Randolph-Macon Academy before joining us. At Princeton he was on the freshman Orange Key committee and played varsity baseball for four…
Gerald E. Bentley Jr. ’52
Jerry graduated cum laude from Lawrenceville, a good beginning for a life of scholarship. At Princeton he majored in English and ate at Cloister. He…
John Tenney Mead ’51
John was born July 6, 1928, in Evanston, Ill., to Sumner and Ruth Appeldoorn Mead. His father was in the Class of 1914. He grew…
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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