MEMORIALS
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. ’53
Famed astronaut Pete Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon and the first to carry a Princeton flag on its surface, died July…
John McCaffery Wright ’53
John Wright, who with his family (his father was John P. Wright '28) spanned five generations of community service to Keene, N.H., died there Nov…
Howard Frederic Whitney III ’53
Mike Whitney died of a massive brain aneurysm July 1, 1998, doing what he loved best, as his sister Carlin Scherer said, "sailing at sea."…
Benjamin Max McKulik ’53
Ben McKulik, an admired professor of literature at York College, died of a stroke Dec. 27, 1997. Born in Hillside, N.J., Ben was the son…
Michael Stanley Kirby ’53
With deep regret we report that Mike Kirby died Feb. 24, 1997, in NYC. He graduated from Rye [N.Y.] H.S. with Jack McCarthy and both…
G. Britton Durell II ’53
Brit Durell, who died Jan. 31, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, after a long illness, left behind wife Carol, sons Eric, David, and Whitney '87, stepchildren…
Henry Young III ’53
With sorrow we report the death of Hank Young, who died June 22, 1996, at his home in Stockton, N.J. He was 69. Born in…
E. Bronson Ingram II ’53
Bronson Ingram died June 15, 1995 in Nashville after a long illness. He was as competitive matching wits in boardrooms with captains of industry as…
Leonard Lyons ’53
Princeton lost one of its most loyal sons when Lenny Lyons died on June 14, 1989, in Baton Rouge after a lengthy illness. Lenny was…
Richard King III ’53
Dick died peacefully June 9, 2006, from Lou Gehrig's disease in Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended Exeter and received a degree in politics at…
Joseph Edward Waesche III ’53
Ed, whose piano artistry delighted undergrads when he performed with the Round House Eight, the Tiger Town Five, and Ken Stocker's big band, but whose…
John Foster McCune ’52
Jack died May 9, 2007, of acute leukemia. He was born in Pittsburgh. At Princeton, Jack majored in history. He belonged to Tiger Inn and…
Memorial PAWcasts
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.
PAW IN PRINT
December 2025
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