MEMORIALS
Gregory S. Kavka ’68
Greg Kavka, a distinguished philosophy professor at U.C.-Irvine, died of cancer Feb. 16, 1994, leaving his wife, Virginia L. Warren; his daughter, Amber; and a…
Bruce J. Neilson ’64
Bruce Neilson passed away Aug. 30, 1994, in Gloucester Point, Va. He was 51. Bruce was professor of marine science, emeritus, at the Virginia Institute…
C.B. Moya ’62
C.B. Moya died Sept. 16, 1993, after a long illness. He was born near Belen, N.Mex., but grew up in Albuquerque. C.B. prepared at Highland…
Richard R. McElroy ’52
Dick McElroy died Jan. 12, 1994, of complications from a severe respiratory infection, in the hospital, in his hometown, Union, N.J. More than most of…
Walter B. Smith II ’51
Walter died of lung cancer Mar. 1, 1995. From 1958- 87, he had been a Foreign Service officer, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Middle…
George R. Quaile ’50
George Quaile died in Austria in July of 1994 from a lung embolism. A native of Pittsburgh, Birdie attended Shady Side Academy and graduated from…
George E. Hale III ’50
George Hale died Jan. 11, 1995, in a Pasadena, Calif., hospital of a rare blood disorder, from which he had suffered for several years. George…
James D. Cooper ’45
Doug Cooper died Aug. 13, 1994, after suffering a massive stroke. Doug entered Princeton from Lawrenceville and roomed at 16 Dickinson St. His Princeton career…
William H. Swartz ’44
Bill suffered a stroke and died Dec. 23, 1994, at St. Francis Hospital, in Wilmington, Del., his home since 1951. He was 71. He prepared…
Robert A. Miller ’44
Bob died Feb. 27, 1995, after having suffered a heart attack several days earlier, while playing tennis with his pals. He was 72. He was…
C. Richard MacGrath ’43
Dick passed away Feb. 19, 1995, in N.Y.C., following a heart attack. He was 73. He graduated in June 1943 and served in WWII, receiving…
Lawrence V. Worthington ’42
Lawrence Valentine "Val" Worthington died Feb. 10, 1995, of a heart attack, at his home in the Bahamas. A world-class oceanographer, he had spent his…
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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