MEMORIALS
William Powell Urschel ’56
Bill, a resident of Santa Barbara, died on Apr. 12, 2000. He joined us during sophomore year as a transfer from Oberlin, majored in biology…
Andrew Richard Demar ’56
Andy died of leukemia in Cincinnati on May 7, 2000. Born and bred in northern New Jersey, he came to Princeton from Union H.S., majored…
Aristid Von Victor Grosse ’56
Vic died on Oct. 24, 1999. He was a resident of Laguna Hills, Calif., for many years. Born in Chicago, Vic entered Princeton from the…
William Barrow Floyd ’56
Bill Floyd, a native son and lifelong resident of Lexington, Ky., died there on Dec. 18, 1999. Bill entered Princeton from Culver Military Academy, and…
William Lowe Wrightson Jr. ’56
Bill Wrightson died suddenly in Easton, Md., on July 10, 1999, his 65th birthday. He joined our class from St. Andrew's School. Bill left Princeton…
James Milton Hurwith ’56
Jim Hurwith, of Glenview, Ill., died Jan. 5, 1994, in Evanston Hospital. He prepared at Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, Jim joined Key and Seal. He…
Thomas Robert Tifft ’56
Tom Tifft of Washington, D.C., was in Cairo on a consulting assignment when he died Feb. 10, 1999, of a heart attack while swimming. At…
Jerome Wendell Platek ’56
Jerry Platek, of Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), Pa., died July 28, 1998. He prepared at Mercersburg Academy, majored in modern languages and literature (emphasis on Russian)…
William Joseph Mathews Jr. ’56
Bill Mathews died Sept. 4, 1998, of cancer, at his home in Middletown, N.J. Bill prepared at Newark Academy, joined Dial Lodge, and majored in…
Raymond Mohr Waggoner ’56
Ray Waggoner died June 21, 1998, at his home in Charlotte, N.C. He was born in Pittsburgh, attended Shady Side Academy, and then enrolled at…
John Nicholas Boley ’56
John "Nick" Boley died Mar. 13, 1998, of lung cancer in Sarasota, Fla. Nick came to Princeton from Goshen [N.Y.] H.S., and was a politics…
Todson Harvey Becker Jr. ’56
Tod Becker died of cancer June 25, 1997, at his home in Kingston, Ontario. Born in Newark, N.J., the son of Todson H. Sr. '28…
Memorial PAWcasts
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
December 2025
Judge Michael Park ’98; shifts in DEI initiatives; a night at the new art museum.
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