MEMORIALS
J. Warner Butterworth II ’59
Duke died April 17, 2005, in New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following a brief but courageous battle with lymphoma. A native Philadelphian, he spent his adult life…
Andrew A. Graham II ’59
Al Graham died on Sept. 13, 2001, of a brain tumor. Born in Princeton, Al's ties to the university were deep. His father was a…
Roderick S. Oakley Jr. ’59
Rick died of lung cancer at his home in Natick, Mass., on Aug. 4, 2001. Born in NYC, Rick attended Kent School. He entered Princeton…
Franklin S. Wearn II ’59
Frank Wearn died on Nov. 18, 2000, at the Cleveland Clinic, of a ruptured aorta. Born in NYC, Frank prepared for Princeton at Brooklyn Technical…
John H. Rorke III ’59
John Rorke, an early practitioner of ultrasound diagnostic imaging, died of lung cancer on Oct. 18, 2000, at his home in Glenmoore, Pa. Born in…
Robert D. Gongaware ’59
Bob Gongaware, a much beloved pediatric and general surgeon in Savannah, Ga., died Feb. 18, 1999, following a courageous battle with brain cancer. Connect Savannah…
Albert Theodore Sandquist III ’59
Ted Sandquist died of heart problems Nov. 21, 1995, at his home in Pipersville, Pa. Ted grew up in Westfield, N.J., where he attended high…
Martin Monroe Reed III ’59
Marty Reed died of complications from diabetes July 2, 1995. Marty came to Princeton from Manhasset (N.Y.) H.S. At Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering…
C. Dodd Harris III ’59
WE LOST DODD Mar. 4, 1993. Life was an adventure for Dodd. At 17, he completed an I 8month odyssey, sailing around the world on…
Thomas C. Garrity ’59
Tom died May 25, 2006, at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Few of us knew Tom. He left Princeton early in our sophomore…
William Alexander Porteous III ’59
"Ports" died of esophageal cancer March 30, 2006. He came to Princeton from the Taft School and entered the Woodrow Wilson School. A native…
James McGregor Canavan Jr. ’59
GREG CANAVAN died Dec. 11, 1989, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis after a brief illness. At the time he was executive V.P. of…
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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