MEMORIALS
John James Murdock III ’56
"Doc," who lived in London for many years, died there on May 13, 2000, of pneumonia and meningitis just after he and his wife, Elizabeth…
Chester Odlin French III ’55
CHET (LIN) died of throat cancer July 21, 1990, at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. Known to many of us as Lin, he was…
George Mefiman Parks ’55
CHIP DIED suddenly while scuba diving off Bermuda this past summer. His death takes a truly unforgettable character from our Class. Exuberance was the hallmark…
Morris Ruggles Brownell III ’55
Ruggles died March 14, 2007, at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nev., following a valiant struggle against several diseases. He came to us from…
D. Verne McConnell ’55
Verne McConnell died July 22, 1996, at his home in Wheeling, W. Va., where he had lived for 23 years. He had been diagnosed with…
Thomas B. Grootemaat ’55
Tom died May 15, 2004, in Naples, Fla. He was born in Madison, Wis., but grew up in Milwaukee. Tom attended the Milwaukee University School…
Ernest H. Ruehl ’55
Ernie Ruehl died Easter Sunday, Apr. 12, 1998, at his home in Orinda, Calif., after a long, hard-fought battle with prostate cancer. He was 64…
Charles Carroll III ’54
Charles Carroll died Jan. 19, 2002, from a cerebral accident after working in his garden. Born in Baltimore, he attended Gilman School. He was a…
William E. Studdiford III ’54
William Studdiford died Oct. 21, 2001, in Brick Hospital from pneumonia. Born in New York, he prepared for Princeton at St. Bernard's and South Kent…
Sewell S. Watts III ’54
Sewell Watts died July 17, 2004, of complications from back surgery. Born in Baltimore, he prepared at Gilman School. He majored in economics and played…
William Landon Banfield III ’54
Lan, a urologist, died of cancer Apr. 10, 2002. He was born in Bethesda, Md., and attended the Landon School. At Princeton he majored in…
Joseph L. Castle II ’54
Joe died suddenly of heart failure Aug. 15, 2005, at St. Luke's Hospital in Sun Valley, Idaho. Born in Germantown, Pa., he attended Chestnut Hill…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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