MEMORIALS
Paul C. Pickert ’48
Paul died in his sleep Dec. 19, 2015, in Mountain View, Calif., at 88. His hometown was Batavia, N.Y. Paul came to Princeton as part…
Henry Parker III ’48
Hank was born in Plainfield, N.J., in 1926, and died at the family home in Madison, N.J., July 9, 2016, at age 89. He attended…
Robert M. Wohlforth II ’47
Bob died peacefully June 15, 2016, at Moorings Park in Naples, Fla. Bob was one of the most outstanding members of the Class of 1947…
Howard E. deMuth Jr. ’47
Tony died May 14, 2016, at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson, Md., of multiple organ failure. He graduated from the Gilman School in 1943…
William Van Mater Iszard ’44
Bill, a lover of classical music, died at age 94 in Indianapolis, surrounded by family with classical music playing in the background. He prepared at…
Thomas Herndon ’43
Tom died peacefully July 31, 2016. He prepared at Tulsa (Okla.) Central High School, where he was on the editorial board of the school paper…
William H. Connelly ’43
Bill died July 12, 2016. He prepared for Princeton at Exeter Academy, where he participated in soccer and debating. He was associate editor of The…
S. Ralph Parris *58
Ralph Parris, a retired electrical and engineering manager at Burroughs (later UNISYS) Corp., died Feb. 5, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 83. Parris…
Marvin L. Minsky *54
Marvin Minsky, the eminent computer-science professor at MIT who was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, died Jan. 24, 2016, of a cerebral…
George D. Halsey Jr. *48
George Halsey, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Washington, died Jan. 15, 2016, at the age of 90. Halsey graduated from the University…
Robert Schiffner ’71
We unexpectedly lost Bob Schiffner to a heart attack during a neighborhood walk Oct. 27, 2015. Schiff was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and grew up…
Robert Wiltshire ’69
Robert graduated from high school in Richmond, Va., where he was an all-state football player. After our sophomore year, he transferred to the University of…
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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