MEMORIALS
Harry LaViers Jr. ’51
Harry LaViers Jr. was born Aug. 26, 1929, in Paintsville, Ky., to Harry and Maxie Auxier LaViers. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1947…
Francis Innes Gowen ’51
Francis Innes Gowen was born Oct. 15, 1926, in Philadelphia to Sally Henry and James E. Gowen 1917. He attended Chestnut Hill Academy and St…
Ernest Courier ’51
Mort was born Jan. 21, 1930, in Brunswick, Ga., to E.P. and Louise Stephens Courier. Mort graduated from Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. At…
William John Cobb ’51
Bill was born Feb. 9, 1928, in Walton, N.Y., to Russell and Gertrude Sawyer Cobb. After high school he served in the Navy for a…
John Ball Bunnell ’51
John was born May 18, 1929, in Summit, N.J., to Richard and Dorothy Becker Bunnell. He came to Princeton from Jonathan Dayton Regional High School…
Robert Pierce Bodine Jr. ’51
Bob was born Dec. 9, 1929, in Trenton, N.J., to Robert and Edith Nicely Bodine. A graduate of Trenton Central High School in 1947, he…
Hewitt F. Ryan ’50
Hew, as we knew him, died May 23, 2017, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Hew graduated from Woodberry Forest. At Princeton he participated in Theatre Intime, worked…
Robert E. Dougherty ’50
Bob died April 9, 2017, in Princeton, N.J., where he was raised and lived all of his life except for prep school at Exeter and…
John Pemberton III ’49
Jack died Nov. 30, 2016, in Amherst, Mass., his home for more than 50 years. He lived a rich, full, and rewarding life — more…
Richard D. Mercer ’49
Dick died March 23, 2017, in Vero Beach, Fla., just 11 days after his 90th birthday. Born March 12, 1927, Dick served in the Marines…
Augustín E. Edwards ’49
Gus Edwards, a Chilean who transferred to Princeton in 1947 and graduated in 1949, died in Chile April 24, 2017, following complications from an operation…
George T. Whittle ’48
George was born Jan. 1, 1927, in Lakewood, N.J. He was a distinguished genito-urological physician and surgeon. He was a champion ocean-racing sailor along 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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
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