MEMORIALS
Henry Spitz ’50
Hank died May 17, 2016, from a stroke in Bozeman, Mont., where he lived after spending most of his life in the Chicago area. He…
Mark L. Robinson ’50
Mark died Jan. 1, 2016, at his home in Albuquerque, N.M. He pursued his passion for petroleum geology throughout his life. His professional stature was…
Robert F. Frantz ’50
Bob died June 9, 2017, in Greenville, S.C. A graduate of Montclair (N.J.) High School, at Princeton he was a member of Tower Club and…
Benjamin K. Doane ’50
Ben died May 5, 2017, at his home in Barrington, Nova Scotia. He graduated from Philadelphia’s Germantown Friends School. At Princeton, he belonged to Court…
William F. Bernart ’50
Bill died April 6, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C., where he had lived in recent years. After graduating from Exeter, he enlisted in the Navy. At…
Frederick W. Hayes ’49
Fred died Feb. 22, 2017, at home in Seattle. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., he was the son of Anna and Edmund Hayes 1918 and lived…
Roger A. MacKinnon ’48
Roger died July 24, 2017, at home in Tenafly, N.J., at age 90. He was a prominent psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in New York City: Roger…
Tom L. Horn Jr. ’45
Tom grew up in Charleston, W.Va., and attended the Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Va. At Princeton he was on the freshman and championship intramural-wrestling…
Zim E. Lawhon ’40 *51
Zim died April 7, 2017, in Scranton, Pa., his home of many years. Known to all as “The Colonel,” he was born in Yoakum, Texas…
Zim E. Lawhon ’40 *51
Zim died April 7, 2017, in Scranton, Pa., his home of many years. Known to all as “The Colonel,” he was born in Yoakum, Texas…
Benjamin H. Walker ’44
Benjamin Harrison Walker died in Newport, R.I., Jan. 16, 1995. Ben prepared at St. Mark's School. After graduation, he served in the Air Force, and…
Richard W. Sylvester ’39
Having suffered a stroke last summer, Dick died of heart failure on Dec. 4, at his home in Riverside, Conn. He entered Princeton from the…
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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