MEMORIALS
John West ’43
Johnny died Sept. 28, 2016. He came to us from Choate School, where he was on the publications board and the track team. At Princeton…
Daniel H. Ridder ’43
Dan died Oct. 13, 2016, in Hobe Sound, Fla., after a distinguished career in the publishing business. He prepared at Lawrenceville, where he was active…
Palmer T. Heenan ’43
Pete died Feb. 29, 2016. He prepared for Princeton at the Detroit University School, where he was captain of the basketball team. At Princeton, he…
Frank Hastings Griffin ’43
Hase died peacefully Sept. 18, 2016, at his home in Newtown Square, Pa. He graduated from Episcopal Academy. At Princeton, he majored in politics, graduating…
Donald Test Jr. ’40
Don died July 13, 2016, in Dallas, Texas. Born in Indianapolis, he came to Princeton from Park School. At Princeton he majored in history and…
Robert Laubach ’40
Robert died Sept. 11, 2015, in his longtime home of Syracuse, N.Y. He was born in Manila in the Philippines, where he lived through his…
John Baird Jr. ’40
Jack died June 8, 2016, in his sleep at Beaumont in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in a variety of cities…
Noel Hemmendinger ’34
Noel died Jan. 3, 2017, peacefully in his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 103, and the last living member of the Class of 1934…
Alden B. Ashforth *71
Alden Ashforth, professor emeritus of music at UCLA and a prolific composer, died of heart failure Jan. 29, 2016, at the age of 82. In…
Harry J. Lipkin *50
Harry “Zvi” Lipkin, professor of physics emeritus at the Weizmann Institute and a leading Israeli theoretical physicist, died Sept. 15, 2015, at the age of…
William R. Busing *49
William Busing, a retired senior research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), died April 14, 2016. He was 92. He graduated from Swarthmore…
C. Ernest Dawn *48
Ernest Dawn, professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois-Urbana, died Jan. 5, 2016, after a short illness at age 97. Dawn earned a…
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.
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