MEMORIALS
Brandon H. Grove Jr. *52
Brandon Grove, a U.S. ambassador and head of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) during a 35-year career at the State Department, died May 20, 2016…
Davis Chisulo Williams ’96
Sulo died Nov. 4, 2016, after a long battle with alcoholism and depression. Born Dec. 11, 1973, in Vallejo, Calif., Sulo was a talented musician…
Robert C. Williams ’67
Bob died Dec. 10, 2016, in Detroit after a long battle with renal cancer. Bob came to Princeton from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Mich…
James E. Mitchell ’64
Jim died Sept. 9, 2016, in Vassalboro, Maine, surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was 74. He grew up in Little Rock, Ark…
Robert A. Blickenstaff ’63
Bob died peacefully Dec. 31, 2016, in Barrington, Ill., of pneumonia, surrounded by family. He was a retired DuPont executive who earned a Bronze Star…
John C. Wright Jr. ’61
John died Oct. 17, 2016, at home in Gladwyne, Pa., of Parkinson’s disease. Born and raised in Bedford, Pa., he came to Princeton from Bedford…
Maurice K. Tamsky ’61
Mo died Dec. 11, 2015, in La Jolla, Calif. Born and raised in St. Louis, he came to Princeton from University City High School, where…
Eric H. Henderson ’60
Eric died Feb. 4, 2017, of complications of a variety of medical problems after several years of poor health. Eric grew up in Atlanta, graduated…
Belden A. Frease ’60
Belden died Jan. 16, 2017, of a rare form of cancer diagnosed years ago. He prepared at the Lawrenceville School, and at Princeton he rowed…
Gary O. Emmer ’59
Gary died Oct. 14, 2016, in Wellesley, Mass. He was an avid hiker and outdoorsman and a member of the “4,000 Footer Club” and the…
William P. Clark ’59
Bill died Oct. 25, 2016. He was a longtime resident of San Antonio, Texas. Born in New York City, Bill came to Princeton from the…
Morris Cheston Jr. ’59
After a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, Mo died of a heart attack June 5, 2016. Horse, as he was known to us, came to…
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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