MEMORIALS
Richard A. Debs *63
Richard died Jan. 28, 2024, at his home in Providence, R.I. Born in Providence in 1930, he was the son of Syrian immigrants who relocated…
Josef S.M. Thanner *62
Joe died Jan. 17, 2024, at his home in Dunbarton, N.H., at the age of 97. Born in 1926 in Altötting, Germany, Joe immigrated to…
Robert Lowell Walters *55
Bob died in Richmond, British Columbia, Jan. 21, 2024, in his 103rd year after hosting friends and family to a Sunday brunch. Bob was born…
William Mudd Walker III ’93
Will died Jan. 17, 2024, at the Cleveland Clinic, surrounded by his family after having cancer for 19 months. Will was born in Philadelphia and…
Ann Seaman ’92
Ann died unexpectedly Nov. 29, 2023. She was born in Perth Amboy, N.J., but resided primarily in Edison. Ann graduated as the salutatorian from John…
Steven D. Roberts ’90
Steve died Oct. 9, 2023, of a pulmonary embolism. A proud San Antonian, Steve was an enthusiastic member of the Princeton community and a devoted…
Sarah Colby ’90
Sarah was born Feb. 14, 1968, in Princeton, N.J. She died of cancer Sept. 28, 2023, in Walnut Creek, Calif. After graduating from Princeton, Sarah…
Susan J. Craighead ’86
Susan, the journalist and campaigning jurist, died Dec. 29, 2023, after a brief hospital stay. She had an extremely severe, rare skin disease from birth…
Lawrence R. Zukerberg ’82
The Class of 1982 mourns the loss of Lawrence, who died Dec. 26, 2022. Lawrence came to Princeton from West Orange, N.J., and majored in…
Clinton W. Winters ’82
The Class of 1982 remembers the warm and empathetic spirit of our dear friend Clint, who died Feb. 7, 2023. He was born in Fort…
Valerian Butler Smith III ’82
Valerian, universally known as Peppah, died Jan. 27, 2023, in his beloved New Orleans. Peppah brought polymathic and passionate intensity to all that he undertook…
Michael J. Barren ’80
Mike died July 18, 2023, while on Cape Cod. Mike attended Southwestern Central High School in Lakewood, N.Y., where he was an outstanding three-sport student-athlete…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.
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