MEMORIALS
Peter B. Alexander ’58
Peter died April 1, 2017. He came to Princeton from the Gilman School in Baltimore, where he played football, baseball, and was Maryland state wrestling…
John T. Strickland ’57
John died March 9, 2017. In 1949 he became an Eagle Scout. His three sons followed that tradition. John earned a service award of the…
David F. Black ’57
David died March 9, 2017, in Sewickley, Pa. While at Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering and joined Elm. He played hockey and freshman soccer…
William R. Irving Jr. ’54
William died July 3, 2017. Born in Gloucester, Mass., he prepared for Princeton at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in biology and was…
Charles Calderini Jr. ’54
Chuck died March 12, 2016, surrounded by family. Born in Evanston, Ill., he attended New Trier Township High School. At Princeton, he majored in economics…
Roger A. Wilson ’52
Roger graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, N.J. At Princeton he majored in chemical engineering, joined Prospect and was chairman of the club’s…
Samuel H. Tucker ’52
Sam died April 7, 2017. He came to us from Philips Exeter. At Princeton Sam joined Ivy, majored in astronomy, and served as manager of…
Robert A. Johnston Jr. ’52
Bob died May 31, 2017. Bob was a native of Houston and graduated from the Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colo. There he played…
John Oliver Gauthier ’52
John died April 23, 2017. He graduated from Iron Mountain (Mich.) High School, where he excelled at sports, winning the award for Best All-Around Athlete…
David Arrender Smith ’51
David was born June 12, 1929, to Cedric and Ellen Coxen Smith in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he graduated from James Madison High School in 1947…
William V. Skidmore Jr. ’51
Bill was born Feb. 12, 1929. He went to high school in Ridgewood, N.J. Bill contracted polio when he was 15, but he was able…
Calvin Gordon Rand ’51
Cal was born May 15, 1929, in Buffalo, N.Y., to George and Isabel Williams Rand. His grandfather George F. Rand founded Marine Trust Co., forerunner…
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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