MEMORIALS
Gordon Buell Ford Jr. ’59
Gordon died from natural causes May 6, 2007, at his home in Louisville, Ky. He was a noted scholar and esteemed professor whose brilliant career…
Hirsh Eli Barmatz ’59
Hirsh died Oct. 11, 2004. He was living in Denver, Colo., at the time of his death, and had been battling cancer for several years…
Charles F. Thomas Jr. ’59
Charles Thomas died Nov. 21, 2006, according to the Social Security Death Index. We know neither the place nor cause of death. Charles had been…
Sargent Bush Jr. ’59
Sarge Bush died Oct. 8, 2003, from metastatic melanoma. Born in New Jersey, son of the Rev. Sargent Bush '17, Sarge prepped at Blair Academy…
Robert Rock ’59
Bob died of a heart attack on the Saturday afternoon of Reunions, June 1, 2003. Born in Aliquippa, Pa., Bob came to Princeton from Kiski…
Edward Hale Kendall IV ’59
Ed, a man of many parts and two lives, died June 3, 2002, in Mineola, N.Y., of a heart attack. Raised in NYC, Ed prepared…
Jerry N. R. Brisco ’59
Jerry, or "Breeze," died on Feb. 19, 2002. He was living in Tempe, Ariz., at the time. The cause of death is unknown. Born in…
Esteban J. Karplus ’59
Steve died April 11, 2002. He was living in Scarsdale, N.Y., at the time. The cause of death is unknown. Steve was born in Vienna…
George G. Thouron Jr. ’59
George died Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Simons Island, Ga., after a long illness. He grew up in Wilmington, Del., and prepared for Princeton at…
Richard H. Kessler ’59
Dick died on Dec. 26, 2001, in NYC, after a brief battle with cancer. Dick was born and grew up in NYC. He attended Millbrook…
John D. Lavagnino ’59
John died in California on May 6, 1996. We learned of his death from the Social Security Death Index. His last known residence was LA…
C. Thornton Murphy ’59
Thornton Murphy died Oct. 12, 2001, of injuries sustained in a fall at his home in Batavia, Ill. Thornton grew up in Oberlin, Ohio, and…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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