MEMORIALS
John E. Deitrick Jr. ’62
John died Sept. 25, 2015, in Northumberland, Pa., of complications from a lengthy battle with multiple forms of cancer. John came to us from the…
Douglas M. Kerr ’61
Doug died Oct. 25, 2014, in Denver, due to renal failure and complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born in Washington, D.C., Doug grew up in New…
Norman R. Nelsen ’58
Norm died July 3, 2015, in Bridgewater, N.J. He had been living in the Bridgeway Senior Healthcare Center for about a year. Norm came to…
James O. Westmoreland ’56
Jim died Sept. 21, 2015, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Memphis, Tenn., and came to Princeton from Soldan-Blewett High School…
Garrett M. Heher ’56
Garry died Dec. 4, 2014, at age 79. He prepared at the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, he was a member of Triangle Club and a…
Walter E. Jacobowitz ’54
Walter died peacefully Sept. 3, 2015. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he graduated from Henry Snyder High School. At Princeton, Walter worked on the business…
J. Baxter Gentry Jr. ’54
Baxter died peacefully Dec. 31, 2013. Born in Montclair, N.J., he graduated from Montclair High School. Baxter left Princeton after his freshman year and graduated…
Windsor F. Cousins Jr. ’52
A painter and art historian, Windy came to Princeton from Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. He majored in history, joined Cannon, and played lacrosse and…
Edward H. Hunvald Jr. ’50
Professor emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law, Ed died June 27, 2015, in Columbia, Mo., after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He…
John G. Goessling ’50
Jack died Aug. 18, 2015, in St. Louis, his hometown. He prepared at John Burroughs School and majored in mechanical engineering at Princeton. Jack was…
Howard P. Effron ’50
Howie died Aug. 18, 2015, in New York City. He was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and attended high school there. At Princeton he rowed on…
R. Norman Wood h ’49
Norm, an honorary member of the Class of 1949, died Feb. 19, 2015, in Manchester, Mass. A graduate of Harvard, where he was the star…
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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January 2026
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