MEMORIALS
Robert O. Biern ’54
Bob died at his Annapolis home after a long illness. A native of Huntingdon, W.Va., he prepared for Princeton at Phillips Academy. He majored in…
Noah Twist Herndon ’54
Noah Herndon died Jan. 12, 1999, after bravely fighting cancer the last year of his life. A graduate of Springfield H.S. in Ill., Noah had…
David Warner Peck ’54
David died Jan. 2, 1999, at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital, from a pulmonary embolism after a short, brave fight with pancreatic cancer. A memorial service…
Henry Xavier Obrien Jr. ’54
Henry "X" O'Brien died of a heart attack Dec. 9, 1996, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he had lived for the past year. A graduate of…
Peter Van Osdol ’54
Pete died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., June 12, 1997, after a fouryear battle with cancer. Pete came to Princeton from Grosse Pointe H.S. He…
Peter Oneill Weimar ’54
Pete Weimar died of cancer on Christmas 1996, surrounded by his wife, his children, and his grandchildren. He had been seriously ill for a very…
Lorimer H. Brown Jr. ’54
Lorimer Brown of Cocoa, Fla., died Dec. 1, 2005. A graduate of Blair Academy, he left Princeton during his freshman year. He entered military service…
Philip E. Guiles ’54
Philip E. Guiles died at the Hospice House in Auburn, Maine, Nov. 24, 2006. A graduate of Deerfield Academy, he attended Princeton for two years…
George D. Petras ’54
George Petras of Steubenville, Ohio, died Aug. 6, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville. He prepared for Princeton at Yorkville (Ohio) High School…
Samuel Z. Stone ’54
Sam died Dec. 8, 2006, at his home in San Jose, Costa Rica. Born in New Orleans, he subsequently lived in Madisonville, La., Costa Rica…
C. Hugh T. Bloom Jr. ’54
Hugh Bloom died of cancer Oct. 24, 2006, in Easton (Pa.) Hospital. Born in Easton, he graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, he majored…
Brandon Hart ’54
Brandon Hart died Oct. 24, 2006, from Pick’s disease. In our 2004 book, Lives of ’54, his wife, Katrina, wrote a lovely report of 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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