MEMORIALS
Angela Michelle Ovecka ’02
Angela Ovecka was killed in a car accident in New Mexico Aug. 1, 2003. She was dedicated to all that she did — her studies…
Daniel P. Weitz ’01
Daniel died July 26, 2006, accomplishing much in a short but very distinguished career as a life scientist. He was born in Morristown, N.J., and…
Catherine Fairfax MacRae ’00
Bright and beautiful, kind and gentle, Catherine "Cat" MacRae was the youngest Princetonian to be a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center…
William Rockwell Dederer ’99
Bill died Aug. 17, 2006, while entertaining children with disabilities at a summer camp. He was born June 3, 1977, in Westfield, N.Y., and raised…
Avery Hockstader ’98
Avery died Sept. 26, 2002, after suffering for many years from severe depression and an eating disorder. Friends from her days at nursery school through…
Christopher D. Mello ’98
Christopher Mello perished aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept. 11, 2001. Chris was born in Greenwich, Conn., and grew up in Rye, N.Y. At…
William Dearing Jemison IV ’97
Bill died on Oct. 10, 2001, in Memphis after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 26. Born in Dallas, Bill was raised in Florida…
Richard Gregory Channell ’96
Greg Channell of Athens, Ga., died Jan. 2, 2004, one day after his 30th birthday. Greg, the son of Emily Tanner and the late Richard…
Temai Myambo ’96
On Mar. 4, 2003, the class lost a dear friend and classmate, Temai Myambo, in a motorcycle accident in Miami. He was 28. Temai was…
Joshua Taggart Miller ’95
Josh, an All-American player and co-captain of Princeton's varsity lacrosse team, died June 16, 2005, after a struggle with depression. At Princeton, Josh was a…
Philip Jerry ’95
Philip Jerry died Aug. 2, 1996, a victim of AIDS. Philip was first accepted at Princeton in 1972 but deferred to pursue a dance career…
Richard Tomkins Gustavson ’94
After a courageous battle fighting brain cancer, Rich died peacefully at his residence in Alexandria, Va., Nov. 8, 2004. Rich was born in Boston and…
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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November 2026
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