MEMORIALS
Alexander V.D. Luft ’45
Al died Oct. 30, 2015. He entered Princeton from Mt. Lebanon (Pa.) High School, ahead of his brother, Richard ’53, and became president of Dial…
John B. Jessup ’45
John died May 20, 2015. He entered Princeton from St. Paul’s School and played freshman football, hockey, track, and varsity hockey. He was also on…
Phillips M. Huston ’45
Phil died May 6, 2015. Phil entered Princeton from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, and joined Campus Club. He followed in the footsteps of his…
Francis Innes Gowen Coleman ’45
Fig died Dec. 8, 2014. He entered Princeton from Episcopal Academy and St. Paul’s School and became president of Ivy Club. At Princeton, he played…
John Jackson Burchenal ’45
Jack died Aug. 30, 2015, the day after he celebrated his 92nd birthday. Jack entered Princeton from Lawrenceville and joined Cap and Gown. He followed…
Elliott M. Ogden Jr. ’44
Elliott died April 9, 2016, in Manhattan. A graduate of Milwaukee University School, at Princeton he played freshman hockey and 150-pound football and was a…
Erwin Bruce Hallett Jr. ’44
Bruce died March 8, 2016, in Bennington, Vt. Entering Princeton from Exeter, he roomed with Wally Johnson in 1940, then with Karl Harr, and junior…
Julia Blankertz ’94
Julia died July 1, 2015, at her home in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. She grew up in Newtown Square, Pa., where she attended the Shipley School…
J. Calvin Walker *61
Calvin Walker, retired professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University, died Jan. 15, 2016, of congestive heart failure, at age 80. Walker received a bachelor’s…
Paul A. Herzberg *61
Paul Herzberg, professor of psychology emeritus at York University, Toronto, died Dec. 2, 2015, at age 79. He was born in Canada in 1936, a…
Gerald J. Kent *59
Gerald Kent, retired professor emeritus of chemistry at Rider University, died March 25, 2016, at age 85. Kent graduated from Upsala College in 1955 with…
Louis N. Howard *53
Louis Howard, professor emeritus of mathematics at MIT and retired professor emeritus at Florida State University, died June 28, 2015, at age 86. Howard earned…
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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