MEMORIALS
George M. Tronsrue Jr. *66
George Tronsrue, retired Army colonel, died Dec. 30, 2013, at age 83. Tronsrue graduated from West Point in 1952. After tours in the United States…
Herbert E. Scarf *54
Herbert Scarf, the Sterling professor of economics emeritus at Yale, died of heart failure Nov. 15, 2015, at the age of 85. In 1951, Scarf…
Leonard Julius Reinhart *53
L.J. Reinhart, retired Navy captain, died Oct. 11, 2015, after a brief illness. He was 93. While Reinhart was attending Parks Air College, he joined…
Neil H. Pfanstiel *40
Neil Pfanstiel, a former officer at Aetna Life and Casualty Co., died Dec. 7, 2015, at age 98. Pfanstiel graduated from Trinity College in 1938…
Jorge G. Castro ’79
The following is an expanded version of a memorial published in the June 1, 2016, issue. Jorge died March 29, 2015, of cancer. He attended…
Jeffrey S. Taylor ’69
A life rich with accomplishments came to a sudden conclusion when Jeff died in his sleep Oct. 18, 2015, at home in East Hampton, N.Y…
Charles A. Powers Jr. ’65
Charles, known to many of us as “Cap,” died Sept. 2, 2015, having expressed his regrets at being unable to attend our 50th. He was…
Roger W. Hooker Jr. ’63
Roger, paralyzed seven years ago by a back operation, died Dec. 8, 2015. He bore his adversity with kindness, a sharp mind, and his legendary…
John E. Hayden ’62
John died Nov. 10, 2015, in Buffalo, N.Y., four days before his 75th birthday. He came to Princeton from McDowell High School in Erie, Pa…
Steven R. Schragger ’61
Steve died Nov. 12, 2015, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania of acute myeloid leukemia. Born and raised in Trenton, he came to…
Herbert Rein Runne ’61
Rein died peacefully Nov. 28, 2015, at home in Irvington, N.Y. He was born in Paide, Estonia, to a prominent local family. They fled their…
David A. Willard ’60
Dave died Dec. 12, 2015, of Alzheimer’s disease. A Princeton resident for more than 30 years, he was an active citizen and alumnus. Dave was…
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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