MEMORIALS
Donald E. Parker *61
Donald Parker, retired professor of psychology at Miami University of Ohio, who later retired from the University of Washington, died Jan. 17, 2016. He was…
Richard A. Oriani *48
Richard A. Oriani, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, died Aug. 11, 2015, at the age of 95. Born in El Salvador, he came…
Michelle E. Cormier ’98
Michelle died unexpectedly Dec. 20, 2015, at her home in Denver. She was born in Houston, Texas, and attended St. John’s School there. At Princeton…
J. Merrell Noden ’78
The following is an expanded version of a memorial published in the July 6, 2016, issue. Merrell Noden died May 31, 2015, of cancer. He…
Bradley L. Gsell ’74
Brad died Jan. 6, 2016, at home in Fayetteville, Pa., after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He came to Princeton from Chambersburg High School, where…
Geoffrey C. Shlaes ’73
The following is an expanded version of a memorial published in the July 6, 2016, issue. Geoff died Jan. 14, 2016, of a heart attack…
Steven L. Detweiler ’69
Steve’s death was both startling and sad. A professor of physics at the University of Florida in Gainesville, he died Feb. 8, 2016, during his…
Bill W. Volckens ’68
[node:field-image-collection:0:render] Billy died Dec. 9, 2015, in Durham, N.C. He was born Feb. 19, 1946, in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from New Trier High School…
Oscar Seaburn Eaton III ’66
Burn died suddenly Feb. 27, 2016, in Montgomery, Ala., his home for many years. He grew up in Pittsburgh and graduated with honors from Shady…
Dallas P. Dickinson ’66
Dallas died Dec. 7, 2015. Born in Akron, Ohio, Dallas graduated from Swoyersville (Pa.) High School, where he was class valedictorian, president of the honor…
Mark K. Blackman III ’65
Mark died Sept. 20, 2015, from lung cancer after a long struggle involving surgery and chemotherapy. After serving as president of his class at Central…
Raymond J. Yatko ’63
Ray died March 14, 2016, in Grapevine, Texas, of sepsis. A computer expert (“a mainframe/dinosaur guy,” he said), Ray earned a master’s degree in computer…
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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