MEMORIALS
Joseph Eliot Woodbridge ’43 *48
Eliot died Aug. 19, 2017. Eliot came to Princeton after attending Germantown Academy, where he was on the soccer, tennis, and swimming teams. At Princeton…
Gordon Sommers ’43
The Great Class of 1943 lost another of its members when Gordon died Feb. 20, 2016. He came to Princeton from Kirkwood High School in…
Donald S. Stroetzel ’42
Donald died peacefully Aug. 31, 2017, at his home in Southbury, Conn. He was born Dec. 12, 1921, in Canton, N.Y., to Bernice and Benjamin…
J.G. Klemm Harvey ’42
Klemm died Aug. 22, 2017. He was 98. Klemm was born June 7, 1919, in Wilmington, Del., and he attended The Hill School in Pottstown…
John D. Farrington ’42
Tex died July 30, 2017, at a very young 97. Tex was born June 11, 1920, in Kansas City, Mo. In 1938 his family moved…
William H. Friesell III ’40
Known to us as “Frizzle,” William died March 10, 2017, in Vero Beach, Fla., his home for 37 years. He was 98. Born in Pittsburgh…
Herman W. Gruning ’38
Herman was born Aug. 23, 1917, in New York City and died May 24, 2017. In the early 1920s the family moved to South Orange…
James A. Maiorana *74
James Maiorana, a research mathematician with the Institute for Defense Analyses, died Oct. 31, 2014, of mantle cell lymphoma. He was 68. Maiorana graduated from…
James M. Ling *67
James Ling, who had been a senior staff engineer and a technology and development manager in the United States defense industry, died Aug. 2, 2015…
William G. Melson *64
William Melson, senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, died Oct. 7, 2016, at the age of 77. Melson graduated from Johns Hopkins University in…
Alan T. Gaylord *59
Alan Gaylord, the Winkley Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature emeritus at Dartmouth College, died peacefully Jan. 5, 2017. He was 83. Gaylord…
William E. Schmidt *53
William Schmidt, professor emeritus of chemistry at George Washington University, died Jan. 26, 2017, at the age of 96. After serving in the Army in…
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.
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