MEMORIALS

Milford A. Koehler ’27
Mil, who died on Mar. 7, 1999, enjoyed two successful careers before his second retirement in 1970. He spent 25 years in the U.S. Army…
Frederic Wardenburg III ’27
Frederic Wardenburg III died Aug. 10, 1997, at a nursing home in Scottsdale, Ariz., of respiratory problems. Fred came to us from Friends School, played…
W. Finley McElroy ’27
W. Finley McElroy died Jan. 25, 1996, from many infirmities at his home in Clayton, Mo. Mac came to Princeton from St. Louis Country Day…
William R. Thomas III ’27
Bill Thomas died Sept. 9, 1993, after a long battle with cancer, He came to us from Lawrenceville, played on our freshman tennis squad, and…
Samuel M. McAshan ’27
SAMUEL M. MCASHAN died Mar. 24, 1993, at his home in Houston. Sam was born June 5, 1905, in Houston, and came to Princeton from…
Melville H. Bearns Jr. ’27
WE HAVE just received word of Buss's death Apr. 20, 1992, of heart failure at his farm in Warrenton, Va. Buss left Princeton in Feb…
Heber Smith Morris ’27
HEBE DIED Sept. 6, 1991. In '27's THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR RECORD he declared that his principal pastime was "the family," to which he could have added…
Donald Robert McLean ’27
DON, WHO DIED Aug. 9, 1990, inherited a long Princeton tradition. His greatgreat grandfather, Samuel Finley, was president, 176166, when Princeton was the College of…
Carl F. Fayen ’27
CARL DIED Sept. 29, 1990, in retirement at New Canaan, Conn. There he read, walked, golfed, played tennis, and enjoyed the senior men's club. He…
Nicholas Fletcher Palmer III ’27
Nick died on Aug. 1, 1989, in his 84th year, in West Palm Beach, Fla. After preparing at St. Mark's School and enjoying life at…
John Wahl Queen III ’26
Johnny died Apr. 6, 2004, at his winter home in Naples, Fla. He was 98. Born in Jersey City, N.J., his career in the steel…
A. Gilmore Flues ’26
Gil died Mar. 1, 2003, of congestive heart failure. He was 99. Born in Saginaw, Mich., and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Gil majored in English…
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