MEMORIALS
Edwin Leonard Knetzger Jr. ’46
Ed Knetzger of Bryn Mawr, Pa., died Dec. 27, 2003, of pulmonary fibrosis. Born in St. Louis, he came to Princeton in 1942 from Webster…
Robert E. Gajdusek ’46
A prolific author and poet, Robin died peacefully at home in California June 26, 2003. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., he entered Princeton in Jan. 1943…
Alexander L. Taggart III ’46
Sandy Taggart, a lifelong Indianapolis resident, died Sept. 27, 2003. Grandson of Alexander L. Taggart 1904, who founded the Colonial Baking Co. of which Sandy…
Samuel H. Kauffmann III ’46
Sam died Apr. 4, 2002, in Palm Springs, Calif., of cancer. He grew up in Washington, DC, where his father owned the Washington Evening Star…
Gilbert Post Von Totten ’46 *48
Gil died Mar. 8, 2002, of leukemia in East Tennessee, where he lived for 20 years on a horse ranch in a home that he…
R. Searle McGrath ’46
Searle died of heart failure Feb. 27, 2007, in Midland, Texas, where he had lived many years. He lost his left eye in a…
C. Grove Smith ’46
Grove died Nov. 3, 2001, of emphysema at home in Sarasota, Fla. A native of Washington, DC, he graduated from St. Alban's and entered Princeton…
John H. MacFadyen ’46 *49
John MacFadyen died Feb. 18, 2000, in Damariscotta, Maine, near the village of Head Tide, where he and his wife, Mary-Esther, made their home. The…
Alfred Peter McNulty ’46 *50
Al, regarded as "the dean of construction management" in Cleveland, died there May 10, 1998, of prostate cancer. He was 73. He was the founder…
Charles William Casgrain II ’46
Charlie "Cazz" died June 22, 1996, at his home in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Charlie came to Princeton from Portsmouth Priory School, R.I., and entered…
Paul Fortuyn John Schumacher ’46
Paul Schumacher died Sept. 21, 1995, in Hillsborough, Calif., where he had lived for many years. Paul came to Princeton from Andover, served in the…
Rowland P. McKinley ’46
“Skip” McKinley died July 31, 2006, at home in St. Augustine, Fla. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., he graduated from Phillips Andover and entered Princeton…
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.
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