MEMORIALS
Gordon M. Jensen *56
Gordon Jensen, who had taught history at MIT and the University of Hartford, died March 25, 2014, of complications from open-heart surgery. He was 85…
Colgate S. Prentice *51
Colgate Prentice, who held high-level positions with the United States Congress and the State Department, died July 28, 2016. He was 92. Prentice served in…
Ernest F. Roots *49
Ernest Roots, recognized by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society as one of Canada’s greatest explorers, died Oct. 18, 2016, at 93. Roots graduated from the…
Stephanie Edwards Diehl ’98
Stephanie died unexpectedly July 16, 2017, of cardiac arrest while waterskiing on Lake Powell in St. George, Utah. Steph came to Princeton from La Jolla…
Elliott S. Horowitz ’75
The following is an expanded version of a memorial from the Oct. 25, 2017, issue. Elliott died unexpectedly March 18, 2017, at home in Jerusalem…
William J. Most ’64 *69
Bill died Jan. 28, 2017. He was a most active and enthusiastic classmate. Bill came to Princeton from a Canton, Pa., high school, where he…
William J. Most ’64 *69
Bill died Jan. 28, 2017. He was a most active and enthusiastic classmate. Bill came to Princeton from a Canton, Pa., high school, where he…
Stephen P. Sachner ’61
Skip died Feb. 3, 2017, at Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital after a catastrophic event following a long period of declining health. Born in Waterbury, he came…
George W. Beeler Jr. ’60
Woody died May 7, 2017, after a long battle with lymphoma. Woody came to Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School and majored in electrical…
James B. McGiffert Jr. ’59
Jim McGiffert, grandson of a member of the Class of 1906 and son of a member of the Class of 1934, died May 27, 2017…
John L. Heckscher ’58
John died peacefully June 21, 2017, in Wayland, Mass., after a courageous battle with cancer. A graduate of Haverford School (Pa.), at Princeton he majored…
Sheldon L. Baskin ’58
Sheldon died June 26, 2017, in Chicago following battles with several cancers over the last decade. He came to Princeton from Highland Park (Ill.) High…
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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