MEMORIALS
James S. S. Howell ’74
The class is deeply saddened by the death of Jimbo Howell on Oct. 14, 1997, while playing a competitive squash match in his native Atlanta…
Peter Hendrickson ’74
Peter Hendrickson died Jan. 21, 1996, of complications arising from AIDS. He was 44. He was an extraordinary friend to many, a psychologist of great…
Claire Tracy Townsend ’74
Claire Townsend succumbed to breast cancer Dec. 19, 1995. At Princeton Claire majored in English, joined Tower Club, and was active in Triangle Club. She…
Laurence J. Craigie ’74
Bill Craigie died May 28, 1994. He had been battling AIDS for some time. Bill majored in psychology and was a member of Charter Club…
Neil Gildea ’74
Neil died at his home in Singapore Jan. 4, 1996, the result of an accident, and was laid to rest in his native Pittsburgh. An…
Carter K. Combe ’74
Carter Combe, a resident of Scarsdale, N.Y., died of a heart attack while playing basketball Dec. 20, 1994. Originally a member of the Class of…
William Brewster Mitchell ’74
BREW MITCHELF died of cancer July 2, 1993. The son of S. Keene Mitchell Jr. '36 of Kingston, Penn., Brew came to Princeton from the…
Lee Kelty Hannah ’74
LEE KELTY HANNAH died in an automobile accident near Leeds, England, April 18, 1992. Lee came to Princeton from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua…
Elliott Harrison ’74
Like too many of us, perhaps, we fall out of touch with roommates and friends from Princeton, and found out unexpectedly last Christmas that our…
John W. Propst IV ’73
John Propst died Oct. 19, 2001. He graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia and graduated from Princeton in three years. John worked for the…
Jeffery A. Williams ’73
Jeffery Williams, associate professor of neurosurgery and oncology and director of stereotactic radiosurgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, died while exercising May 25…
Steven M. Greenbaum ’73
Steve died March 28, 2002, near Princeton, ending a life-spanning association with the university. Born to an American military family in Heidelberg, Germany, Steve's first…
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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