MEMORIALS
James Ralph De Rocco ’60
JIM DE ROCCO was born Aug. 24, 1937, in Bethlehem, Penn., and died Apr. 2, 1991, He was 53 years old. For the past fifteen…
David Paul Rinker ’60
DAVID PAUL RINKER is gone. Although "The song is ended, but the melody lingers on" belongs to the Tigertones, and "Rinks" was a Nassoon, it…
Leland S. Berger ’60
LEE BERGER died May 4, 1990, of injuries sustained when he jumped from a bridge into the Ausable Chasm. The suicide tragically ended Lee's courageous…
Grant Richard Curtis ’60
Grant died in Atlanta, on Sept. 27, 2002, of cancer, a week shy of his 64th birthday. Born in New Jersey, he came to Princeton…
Paul Vanderbilt Roberts ’60
Paul died of leukemia Feb. 12, 2006, at his home in Cupertino, Calif. He was born in Washington, D.C., and attended high school in Wyomissing…
Peter J. Woodrow ’60 *65
Peter Jay Woodrow, 56, of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, died Feb. 7, 1996, in Newport Beach, Calif. Born in Philadelphia, he had spent his childhood in…
Hart A. Goldsmith ’60
Hart died Oct. 11, 2000, of cancer. He was 61. He graduated from the Allendale HS in Rochester, N.Y., and attended Princeton, leaving in his…
Robert W. Paterson ’60
Bob died Aug. 15, 2002, after a struggle with cancer. At Princeton, Bob was a member of Dial Lodge, Naval ROTC, and graduated summa cum…
Lewis A. Fretz ’60
Lew Fretz died from cancer on Apr. 26, 1999. At the time of his death, Lew was a professor and senior lecturer in American politics…
Gilbert P. Johnson ’60
Gil died Aug. 27, 2002, from an apparent heart attack. He was playing golf at the time. Born in Wilmington, N.C., he grew up in…
Clark Gesner ’60
Clark died July 23, 2002, of a sudden heart attack. He was 64. Born in Augusta, Maine, Clark prepared for Princeton at Plainfield [N.J.] HS…
Edward Carl Johnson ’60
Ed died May 11, 2004, in Sarasota, Fla., after a brief illness. Ed graduated from Jackson [Mich.] High School, where he was state champion in…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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