MEMORIALS
Bertrand Kent Harrison *59
Kent died Aug. 14, 2024, in Provo, Utah, of natural causes at age 90. Born July 21, 1934, in Provo, Kent graduated from Brigham Young…
Peter Bender *56
Pete died April 20, 2024, in Boulder, Colo., at age 93. Born Oct. 18, 1930, in New York, Pete graduated from Rutgers in 1951, studied…
Peter Jovanovich ’72
Peter, whose personal career and family name exerted a profound influence on American educational and academic publishing, died July 15, 2024, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital…
Charles T. Hellmuth Jr. ’72
Chuck died March 15, 2024, at his home in Potomac, Md. He was 73 years old. He came to Princeton from Potomac after attending Georgetown…
Hugh K. Wachter ’68
Hugh died July 21, 2024, in Hagerstown, Md., of natural causes. “Stash” came to us from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., where he was…
Landon Young Jones Jr. ’66
Lanny died Aug. 17, 2024, ending a long struggle with health problems. He came to Princeton from the Saint Louis Country Day School, where he…
Richard S. Scott ’64
Dick died Feb. 10, 2024, in Glenshaw, Pa. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School in Kingston, Pa., where he played football and was…
Gilbert Val Peterson ’64
Surrounded by family, Gil died of complications of prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease May 26, 2024, in Walnut Creek, Calif. Gil grew up in Verona…
Michael E. Edo ’64
Michael was born March 3, 1941, in Edo State, Nigeria, and died at 83 years old March 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Michael graduated from…
George H. Gurley Jr. ’63
George, an accomplished and prolific writer — novelist, poet, playwright, and newspaper columnist — died July 25, 2024, in an accident on his farm in…
John D. Muzzy ’62 *64
John died July 20, 2024, at his home in Atlanta. Born in Hackensack, N.J., he later attended St. George’s School in Newport, R.I., where he…
Irwin Potkewitz ’60
Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Irwin graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York, where he was editor of The Spectator and active on…
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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