MEMORIALS
Mark L. Thamert *86
The Rev. Mark Thamert, professor of modern and classical languages at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., died April 29, 2017, of cancer. He was…
John F. Ramsey *73
John Ramsey, who worked for social justice and care of those in need, died July 16, 2017, of heart failure at age 70. Ramsey graduated…
Donald E. Epstein *65
Donald Epstein, who had a long career in urban and environmental planning, died Oct. 22, 2017, of complications from multiple sclerosis. He was 78. Epstein…
Herbert W. Fraser *61
Herbert Fraser, retired professor of economics at Earlham College, died May 2, 2017, He was 96. Fraser earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Swarthmore…
Martin J. Cohen *50
Martin Cohen, physicist, inventor, and president and co-founder of PCP Inc., died peacefully July 10, 2017, at age 96. Cohen graduated from Brooklyn College in…
Sol Berg *48
Sol Berg, a business entrepreneur and philanthropist, died July 4, 2017, of metastatic melanoma at age 92. Born in Poland in 1924, Berg and his…
Randal C. Palamar ’68
Randy died April 17, 2014, from glioblastoma multiforme. He was 68. Born April 8, 1946, in Mineola, N.Y., he prepared at Taft. At Princeton, he…
George Lenches ’68
George died April 7, 2015, after fighting debilitating spinal and heart problems. George entered Princeton with two other graduates of Gonzaga High School in Washington…
Stephen D. Zuckerman ’63
Steve died July 6, 2017, in southern California, where he lived nearly all his life. After a year at the University of Southern California, Steve…
Charles G. Young Jr. ’62
Charlie died March 5, 2017, of pulmonary fibrosis, at the Gables in Guilford, Conn. Charlie entered Princeton from the Lawrenceville School, where he had been…
David A. McEwen ’61
Dave died May 3, 2017, in Lafayette, Ind. Born in Warren, Ohio, he came to Princeton from Warren G. Harding High School. At Princeton, he…
Charles S. Northen III ’59
Charles died July 1, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala., three miles from the place he was raised. Graduating with the first class of Indian Springs School…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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