MEMORIALS
Elwyn L. Simons *56
Elwyn Simons, professor emeritus of evolutionary anthropology at Duke, died March 6, 2016, at age 85. He was regarded as a father of modern primate…
Shepard P. Pollack *54
Shepard Pollack, who had been president of Philip Morris USA and the American Express Life Assurance Co., died Dec. 24, 2012, after a fall. He…
Robert F. Durden *52
Robert Durden, professor emeritus of history at Duke University, died March 4, 2016. He was 90. Durden served as an ensign in the Navy in…
Robert A. Christman *50
Robert Christman, professor emeritus of geology at Western Washington University (WWU), died peacefully July 14, 2012, at the age of 88. Christman earned a bachelor’s…
Tanya M. Lee ’90
A citizen of the world, Tanya came to Princeton from Eleanor Roosevelt (Md.) High School. While earning her bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies, she…
Deborah Jin ’90
Deborah grew up in Florida, near Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. After studying physics at Princeton, Deborah earned her doctorate from the University…
Anthony Brueckner ’74
The following is an expanded version of a memorial from the Feb. 8, 2017, issue. Anthony passed away April 7, 2014. Graduating summa cum laude…
John A. O’Donovan Jr. ’72
John died July 30, 2016, in Manchester, N.H., from a reoccurrence of cancer. He was 65 and had recently moved to Manchester from Middletown, R.I…
Joseph C. Taylor ’70
Joseph died Sept. 5, 2016, of leukemia. Friends and family celebrated his life at his home in Cambridge, Mass. A child of the South, he…
Edward G. Randolph Jr. ’64
Ned died Oct. 4, 2016, in Alexandria, La., after a protracted onset of Alzheimer’s. Ned joined our class as a sophomore after spending his freshman…
Peter M. Young ’62
Peter died Oct. 23, 2016, in Birmingham, Ala., following an extended illness. Peter came to us from Verona High School. He majored in chemical engineering…
John M. Nuzum ’62
Nuz died June 21, 2016, after a brief illness that was difficult to treat. Nuz graduated from Sherwood (Wis.) High School, where he was senior…
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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