MEMORIALS
Ross Eckler *54
Ross Eckler, retired editor and publisher of a small quarterly on linguistics, died Dec. 9, 2016, at the age of 89. In 1950, Eckler graduated…
Gerard Washnitzer *50
Gerard Washnitzer, professor of mathematics emeritus at Princeton, died April 2, 2017, at age 91. Washnitzer enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1944 and…
Felix E. Browder *48
Felix Browder, professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, died Dec. 10, 2016. He was 89. Browder graduated from MIT in 1946, at age 18. In…
Janet Wong ’89
Janet died peacefully June 30, 2017, in West Hartford, Conn., after a courageous battle with gastric cancer. She was 50. She was born Dec. 23…
Michael Arena ’86
Michael died May 14, 2016, in a whitewater rafting accident while accompanying his son’s Boy Scout troop. He came to Princeton as an accomplished soccer…
Mary Claire Kilty ’78
Mary died peacefully Aug. 9, 2017, after managing cancer for 14 productive years — a tribute to her grit and the loving attention she received…
Mark Pierson Pentecost III ’76
Mark died Jan. 16, 2017, in Athens, Ga., surrounded by his family, following a two-year struggle with ALS. Born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., Mark…
Lauren V. LaMay ’76
Lauren died suddenly July 19, 2017, of natural causes at home in Sacramento, Calif. She transferred to Princeton as a sophomore from Indiana University. She…
Michael S. McMurphy ’74
Mike was born July 20, 1952, and died May 2, 2017, in Lexington, Ky. At Princeton Mike committed his life to Jesus through the ministry…
Richard K. Anderson Jr. ’73
Richard died June 17, 2017, at home, after a two-year battle with a very rare form of cancer. He was surrounded by his wife, his…
James R. Forstner ’69
Bob died May 29, 2017. He grew up in Aiken, S.C., and graduated as salutatorian from Aiken High School. After Princeton, he completed medical school…
Charles Iobst ’67
Chuck died Feb. 27, 2017, on Singer Island, Riviera Beach, Fla. A veteran of the Army, he had been treated for illnesses by the Veterans…
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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