MEMORIALS
MacKinnon Ellis ’24
Kinney was born in 1903 and spent most of his life in Swarthmore, Penn., where he developed a lifelong love for nature, especially birds. He…
Kristin E. Gager *92
Kristin Gager, an advising dean for the Columbia University honors program, died July 17, 2016, at the University Medical Center of Princeton, after a brave…
William G. Bowen *58
William Bowen, president of Princeton University from 1972 to 1988, died Oct. 20, 2016, of colon cancer. He was 83. Bowen graduated from Denison University…
Robert Hirschkron *56
Robert Hirschkron, retired manager of design at the General Electric Co., died Aug. 12, 2016, at age 88. Born in Vienna in 1928, Hirschkron and…
Matthew Ornstein ’02
Matthew died Jan. 3, 2015. Matthew was born July 28, 1980, in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1998, where he was…
Steven K. Porter ’73
Steve, a beloved husband, brother, father, and grandfather, died peacefully, surrounded by family April 3, 2017. He was 65 years old. Born and raised in…
Geoffrey Gardiner Young ’72
Geoff died Feb. 19, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Geoff came to Princeton from the Groton School, following his father, Gardiner Young ’43. A religion major…
Theodore S. Pisciotta ’67
Ted died Oct. 27, 2010, in Haddon Heights, N.J. Unfortunately the class only learned of his death while seeking information for the 50th reunion. Ted…
J. Frederick Fehl ’64
Fred died April 22, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif., from complications following a major stroke. Born in Lancaster, Pa., he attended the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton…
Lewis A. Clarke Jr. ’63
Pete was a keen fly fisherman, hunter, artist, musician, songster, tech executive, and antiques dealer who enriched the lives of all who knew him. He…
K. Thomas Everngam Jr. ’62
Tom died May 1, 2017, in Easton, Md., of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Tom came to us from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he participated in…
Sherwood F. Young ’61
Woody died Oct. 5, 2016, in his native Rochester, Minn. He came to Princeton from Rochester High School. At Princeton he majored in chemistry, rowed…
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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