MEMORIALS
Kelly B. Sponberg ’98
Kelly died Aug. 28, 2015, in Silver Spring, Md., of cancer. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and later moved to Bentonville, Ark. Kelly…
John Briggs ’83
John died June 12, 2015, shortly before his 53rd birthday. Born in Memphis, Tenn., John prepared for Princeton at Milton Academy, where he was an…
John R. Hare ’79
John died May 17, 2015, in New Haven, Conn., after a lengthy illness. John, known to many as “Jay,” came to Princeton from The Taft…
Thomas M. Colbert ’76
The following is an expanded version of a memorial from the April 6, 2016, issue. Thomas Matthew Colbert died Aug. 21, 2015, in Houston, after…
Khalid Lum ’72
The following is an expanded version of a memorial from the April 6, 2016, issue. Khalid died Sept. 8, 2015, in New Haven, Conn. A…
Peter W. Platten ’68
Peter died Oct.14, 2015, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in New York City and came to Princeton from the Taft School…
Thomas L. Kennedy III ’68
Tom died Oct. 31, 2015, of complications from cancer. He was born March 2, 1946, in Allentown, Pa., and was an accomplished athlete at William…
Jon D. Raggett ’66 *71
Jon died Sept. 26, 2015, after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Carmel, Calif., Jon came to Princeton from Carmel High School, where he…
Jon D. Raggett ’66 *71
Jon died Sept. 26, 2015, after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Carmel, Calif., Jon came to Princeton from Carmel High School, where he…
Lathrop P. Johnson ’66
Lathrop died Oct. 20, 2015. Born in Kansas City, Mo., Lathrop grew up in the Middle East speaking Arabic and Farsi along with English. He…
James C. Cross ’66
Jay died Nov. 6, 2015, at his home in Berkeley, Calif. Jay liked to point out that he and Bill Clinton were born in the…
Thomas Randlett ’64
Tom died Aug. 14, 2015, in San Francisco. He was surrounded by family and had been battling neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer since 2009. Tom was a…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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