MEMORIALS
John Sanford McAndrew ’45
John "Mellow Mac" McAndrew died Dec. 17, 1997, at Prince William Hospital in Manassas, Va., after an operation for colon cancer. He survived the operation…
Charles Lum Drake ’45
On July 8, 1997, the class lost a distinguished member when Prof. Charles L. Drake died of a heart attack at his home in Norwich…
William Frank McCombs ’45 *47
Bill died Oct. 8, 2006, in Dallas, Texas. Bill entered Princeton from Little Rock (Ark.) High School and joined Tower Club. His World War…
Gordon McShane ’45
Gordon died suddenly Nov. 11, 2006. He entered the Class of 1945 from Portsmouth (R.I.) Priory. His first accomplishment at Princeton, of which he…
Philip Pidgeon III ’45
Phil Pidgeon died Mar. 17, 1996, of heart failure in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Phil entered Princeton from Choate and was a member of…
Robert Maury Peers ’45
On June 28, 1996, cancer took Bob Peers with merciful rapidity. Bob entered Princeton from Trinity and became a member of Cannon Club. He played…
Henry Jay Melosh III ’45
Hank Melosh died Dec. 19, 1995, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., after a long struggle with leukemia. Hank entered Princeton from Holderness Academy and…
Haugan Weld Figgis ’45
Haugan Weld Figgis died Apr. 26, 1995, at Leelanau Memorial Hospital Care Center in Michigan, after a battle with cancer. Fig, after enrolling in M.I.T…
Charles J. Vermilye Jr. ’45
JOHN VERMILYE DIED Dec. 5, 1993. Since 1957, he had lived in Bethesda, Md. John came to Princeton from Taft in the fall of 1941…
Wilson Rufus Page II ’45
RUFUS PACE died Sept. 25, 1992, after valiantly combating throat cancer for several years. Appropriately, Rufe passed away in his boyhood city, Tulsa. Rufe, who…
John P. McComb Jr. ’45
JOHN MCCOMB died from a stroke on Mar. 1, 1992, at his retirement home in Englewood, Fla. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, he was a…
George F. Rand III ’45
GEORGE RAND died Aug. 8, 1991, in Buffalo, after a long battle with cancer. George, grandson of George F. Rand, a former president of Marine…
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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