MEMORIALS
Robert Paul Welsh ’54 *60
Robert died July 20, 2000. Born in Lakewood, N.J., he prepared for Princeton at the Peddie School. At Princeton he joined Elm Club and was…
William C. Gardiner Jr. ’54
Bill Gardiner died Nov. 17, 2000, following a bicycle accident. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Bill majored in chemistry at Princeton. He was a member…
Charles Edgar Keller ’54
"Chuck" Keller died Feb. 27, 2001, at his winter home in Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico. Subsequent to his bachelor's degree, he obtained his law…
Donald Danforth Jr. ’54
The class officers were saddened to learn that Donald died on Mar. 30, 2001, at his St. Louis home. Born in St. Louis, Don prepared…
Ronald E. Parker ’54
Ronald Parker died Jan. 14, 2007, at home and surrounded by his family. A graduate of Phillips Andover Academy, Ron majored in chemistry, was a…
Thomas Watson Brown ’54
Thomas W. Brown died Jan. 13, 2007, in Marietta, Ga. A graduate of St. Alban's School, he majored in history at Princeton, was a member…
John Squier Reimer ’54
John died Nov. 17, 1999, at his home. He prepared for Princeton at the Choate Rosemary Hall School. While at Princeton, he majored in English…
Donald P. Reutlinger ’54
Donald P. Reutlinger died after a long illness on Oct. 17, 1999. Reut, as he was known by his friends, came to Princeton after achieving…
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…
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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