MEMORIALS
Harold Byron Smith ’31
FOLLOVING AN ILLNESS of several months, our classmate, Harold Byron Smith, died Oct. 30, 1990, in Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Ill. He was 81 years…
George Wallace Ruckert ’30
The class lost one of its most devoted members when Wally died Dec. 21, 2003. He was 95. Serving as class secretary almost until his…
David Brown McElroy ’30
Dave died May 12, 2003; he was 95. He was born in St. Louis Mar. 17, 1908, and prepared at St. Louis Country Day School…
William R. Wheat III ’30
William died Mar. 4, 2003. He was 95. Born in Pittsburgh, he moved with his family to Sewickley, where his father built and operated the…
Albert Harding Davis II ’30
Albert died Dec. 14, 2000, in Connecticut, where he lived with his wife, Suzanne Arguimbau Davis, who survives him. Born in Brooklyn on July 4…
James McCormick II ’30
James McCormick II, of Dewitville, N.Y., died Aug. 1, 1996, in Westfield MemoriaI Hospital. He was born July 27, 1908, in Ellicottville, N.Y., a son…
David McMullin III ’30
Dave McMullin, a former Olympic field hockey player and a retired senior v.p. of John Wanamaker, died Sept. 15, 1995, at Dunwoody Village Medical Center…
Jack K. Howe ’30
JACK HOWE, a 1930s premier jazz musician, died Oct. 11, 1992, in Chapin, S.C., after a long illness. Jack prepared at Chicago Latin School. At…
Charles H. Ellis Jr. ’30
CHARLIE ELLIS died Nov. 11, 1992, in Kennett Sq., Penn. Writing and talking about politics was a lifelong love of Charlie's, and his greatest thrill…
Lyttleton B. Purnell III ’30
LYT PURNELL, one of 1930's most devoted members, died Aug. 25, 1992, in the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, after a long illness. In recent years…
Ryder Henry II ’30
RYDER HENRY died in New York on July 19, 1992, at the age of 83 With the exception of four years during WWII, he spent…
Abraham Merkice Beitler II ’30
MERK DIED as the result of his second heart attack July 10, 1990. The earlier attack in Mar., although serious, did not slow him down…
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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