MEMORIALS
Herbert F. Bruning Jr. ’56
BUZZ BRUNING died in his beloved Venice Mar. 30, 1993. Buzz came to Princeton from New Trier, played freshman football and track, joined Tower Club…
Leon Thomas Banakas ’56
LEON BANAKAS died from complications of colon cancer on Feb. 13, 1992, at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Leon, born Oct. 2, 1934, in Memphis…
Richard Atcheson ’56
Richard Atcheson died peacefully March 23, 2006. His wife of 44 years, Jean, and his daughter Katie were with him. At Princeton, Atch majored in…
George Logan Christian Wright ’56
GEORGE DIED Apr. 1, 1991, in Charleston, S.C., after a courageous struggle of five years with cancer. He was born Sept. 11, 1934, in Mukden…
George Franklin Reed ’56
GEORGE REED died of cancer June 19, 1991, at the Univ. of Arkansas Hospital in Little Rock, at the age of 56. George came to…
Hugh Pankey Williams ’56
HUGH WILLIAMS died at his home in Gideon, MO., Apr. 13, 1991, and with his passing our Class lost one of its most courageous and…
Rowland Smith Holbrooke Bedell ’56
AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST AND an aviation enthusiast, Rowland H. S. Bedell died of a heart attack April 4, 1990, in Bethesda, Md. A native of N.Y…
Edward Lyman Coffey Jr. ’56
ED, WINNING his bout with cancer, had resumed his professional duties when he was struck down suddenly by heart failure June 19,1990, at home in…
Peter Force De Baun ’56
PETER De BAUN died unexpectedly of a heart attack on May 16, 1989, in Stamford, Conn., his home of the past seven years. Born in…
Edward B. Schoen ’56
ED SCHOEN died on Aug. 19, 1989, in N.Y.C., where he lived all his life. He is remembered by all who knew him with deep…
Edgar M. Grider ’56
ED GRIDER died of cancer on May 20, 1989, following his wife Evelyn in death by just about a year. Ed came to Princeton from…
Robert Frederick Nolte Jr. ’56
Bob died Nov. 12, 2005, in Burlington, Iowa. A graduate of Maplewood (Mo.) High School, he entered Princeton with our class and eventually received his…
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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