MEMORIALS
Kristy Nace Amonett ’93
Following a courageous two-year battle with cancer, Kristy died peacefully Nov. 8, 2015, surrounded by her family. Valedictorian of Beaver Area High School in Beaver…
Richard Thomas Weikel ’70
Rich died Nov. 5, 2016, of a rare blood cancer. He was a dedicated ordained minister who devoted his life to those in need. He…
Jon R. Lorrain ’69
Jon died July 15, 2016. A native of Atlanta, Ga., after graduating from Princeton with a degree in French literature, Jon earned a master’s degree…
Felix Bendann III ’64
Felix, known to friends as “Tuffy,” died Jan. 24, 2017, in Sparks Glencoe, Md. He came to Princeton from Gilman School in Baltimore, where his…
Owen C. Smith ’63
Owen, whose years glowed with excellence and dedication in business, the military, community service, and athletics, died Feb. 5, 2017, of progressive supra-nuclear palsy. He…
Thaddeus E. Mendenhall ’62
[node:field-image-collection:0:render]Thad died Aug. 2, 2016, in Chesapeake, Va. Thad came to us from Southwest High School in Kansas City, Mo. He attended Princeton between 1958…
Eugene L. Martin ’62
Gene died Feb. 1, 2017, in Lincoln, Neb. Gene came to us from East Stroudsburg (Pa.) High School. He majored in biology, minored in classics…
Rene M. Doublier ’62
Rene died peacefully Jan.28, 2017, at home with his children, Rene Jr. and Michelle, by his side. Born in Morristown, N.J., Rene came to us…
Scott A. Brooks ’62
Scott died Feb. 14, 2017, in Stowe, Vt. He came to Princeton from Choate after attending Andover. Scott dined at Cannon and majored in psychology…
S. Michael Wilk ’61
Mike died March 3, 2016, after a short illness. Born and raised in Kenosha, Wis., he was the first in his family to attend college…
Franklin H. Fry ’60 *64
Marathoner (many, including Boston), linguist, teacher, traveler, outdoorsman, and woodworker — all illustrate Frank’s love of life and learning. At Princeton, he worked in Commons…
Franklin H. Fry ’60 *64
Marathoner (many, including Boston), linguist, teacher, traveler, outdoorsman, and woodworker — all illustrate Frank’s love of life and learning. At Princeton, he worked in Commons…
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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