MEMORIALS
Cecil F. Backus Jr. ’51
Cecil came to us from St. Paul’s School. At Princeton, he majored in chemical engineering and was a member of the Yacht Club, the hunting…
David H. Hughes ’49
Dave, a true Missourian, was born in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 9, 1928, and died there Feb. 28, 2024. His family briefly lived in various…
Peter Haaren ’49
Peter died March 8, 2024, in Keene, N.H. His wife, Sally, predeceased him after almost 70 years of marriage. He is survived by his three…
Robert B. Zufall ’45
Bob died March 5, 2024, at age 99. He grew up in Irvington, N.J., and spent summers working on the family farm. At Princeton, he…
William C. McCoy Jr. ’45
Bill died March 9, 2023. He was 99. Finishing Exeter in 1941, Bill turned 18 three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and volunteered…
Joseph T. Schein ’37
Joe, the longest-lived ’37 classmate and oldest undergraduate alumnus in University history, died May 24, 2024. He was 109. Joe entered Princeton from Newark, N.J…
Jeffrey Albert ’64
Jeff Albert died of liver failure in Boston on July 28, 2016. He was at Princeton for little more than one year and, according to…
Leon Andrew Immerman *78
Andy died of a cardiac emergency in Dunwoody, Ga., Dec. 21, 2023. He was born in New York Dec. 9, 1952. Andy’s higher education included…
Robert G. Seddig *71
Robert died Jan. 11, 2024, of complications related to metastasized mucosal melanoma in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Robert was born Aug. 8, 1941, in Davenport, Iowa…
Roger E. Kanet *66
Roger died in Fort Myers, Fla., Jan. 31, 2024, at the age of 87. Born Sept. 1, 1936, in Cincinnati, he completed his undergraduate studies…
John E. Knodel *65
John died Jan. 10, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich., of aspiration pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was 83. John was born July 25, 1940…
Richard A. Debs *63
Richard died Jan. 28, 2024, at his home in Providence, R.I. Born in Providence in 1930, he was the son of Syrian immigrants who relocated…
Memorial PAWcasts
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.
PAW IN PRINT
October 2025
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott ’92; President Eisgruber ’83 defends higher ed; Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia.
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