MEMORIALS
John H. Sorenson ’55
John drowned Aug. 8, 1995, while fly-fishing in Maine with his son, Mark. He was born in Wisconsin and came to Princeton from the Milwaukee…
Antonio H. Dionisi ’55
Tony Dionisi died of a heart attack June 24, 1995, in Ocean Grove, N.J., where he spent his summers. He had just motored across the…
David B. Reed ’55
Dave died of cancer July 7, 1995, in Rochester, N.Y. He was director of environmental systems at Eastman Kodak Co., where he worked for 36…
William N. Dawes ’55
ON SEPT. 10, 1992, Bill lost a 15month battle with prostate cancer and died at home in Concord, Mass. With him were his wife of…
William Van Beekman Alstyne III ’55
BILL DIED after a heart attack on Feb. 18, 1991. Bill came to our Class after graduating from Phillips Academy Andover. While there he was…
Richard Conrad Murphy ’55
DICK MURPHY died suddenly of a heart attack Oct. 16, 1992, in Norwalk, Conn. He and his wife of 36 years, Marjorie, lived in Westport…
Robert E. Putney Jr. ’55
PUTT DIED at his home in Baederwood, north of Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1991. He was a graduate of Phillips Academy at Andover and served as…
Charles W. Bray III ’55
Until he died of pneumonia in Milwaukee July 23, 2006, Charlie embodied the ideal of public service — to the nation as a diplomat for…
Daniel L.R. Miller ’55
Dan died June 19, 2006, in his hometown of Erie, Pa., after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. Dan prepared at Andover. At Princeton he…
G. Bradley Orbesen ’55
BRAD ORBESEN DIED of cancer of the esophagus Dec. 5, 1990. Brad graduated from Maumee valley Country Day School in Toledo, Oh. At Princeton, Brad…
Robert Charles Hemmeter ’55
"A BALDING TEDDY bear with a Santalike disposition," writes a former student, "Hemmie's presence was always friendly. He was a pillar of knowledge and compassion."…
Malcohn Scott McCorquodale Jr. ’55
MALCOLM DIED suddenly on Apr. 27, 1990, of a heart attack. He was 57 and in apparent excellent health, having completed 56 100-mile bicycle rides…
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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