MEMORIALS
Donald H. Crosby *55
Donald Crosby, retired professor of German literature at the University of Connecticut, died May 16, 2015, at age 88. Crosby graduated from NYU in 1951…
Richard T. Stavig *54
Richard Stavig, professor emeritus of English at Kalamazoo College, died April 5, 2015. He was 87. Born in 1927, Stavig enlisted in the Navy upon…
Daniel R. Norton *48
Daniel Norton, a retired chemist, died June 19, 2015, at the age of 93. Norton graduated from Antioch College in 1944, the year he married…
Gilbert P. Haight Jr. *46
Gilbert Haight, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Illinois, died April 27, 2015, of natural causes. He was 92. Born in 1922, Haight…
Fielding E. Lamason Jr ’76
Chip died July 23, 2015, of a heart attack at his home in Vashon, Wash. Raised in Villanova, Pa., Chip graduated from St. Paul’s School…
Julie E. Kirkham ’76
Julie died at home June 10, 2015, in Santa Monica, Calif., following a brief battle with multiple myeloma. Julie came to Princeton from Bronxville (N.Y.)…
Joseph B. Callahan ’67
Joe died June 23, 2015, in Phoenix, Ariz. He grew up in Chatham, N.J., where he was an all-state basketball player. At Princeton, Joe played…
Edward J. Sylvester ’65
Ed, an award-winning journalist, author, and a professor at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism for more than 30 years, died of cancer Nov…
John P. Kennedy ’65
Jack died May 31, 2015, after a three-month bout with renal-cell carcinoma that had metastasized to his liver and spine. He was born June 13…
Christopher R. Gillespie ’65
Chip died Jan. 8, 2015, in Westport Point, Mass., after a long illness. He was born in Exeter, N.H., in 1942 and prepped at Phillips…
W. Nikolaus Worden ’63
An architect, expert sailor, and environmental steward, Nik died peacefully Oct. 23, 2014, at home in Port Townsend, Wash. In May 2015 he was honored…
Edward Zachary Schaye ’61
Zach died May 6, 2015, in his native New York City. He prepared at Horace Mann School. At Princeton he majored in English and won…
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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