MEMORIALS
George Frederick Koehler ’53
George, whose major in geology was a springboard to his successful exploration and mining career, died of staph pneumonia followed by respiratory arrest in Spokane…
Timothy Rockwood Cutler ’53
Tim, who joined the Air Force at the end of junior year, died of cancer May 17, 2005. A New York City native, he graduated…
Carl Blackburn Lyle Jr. ’53
Carl died March 14, 2005, in Chapel Hill, N.C. He came to Princeton in 1949 from Rogersville, Tenn. In June 1951, when his Princeton heavyweight…
Henry Martin Doerfler Jr. ’53
Hank died April 17, 2004, in Spring Hill, Fla. His wife, Lorraine, said he had suffered from multiple-systems atrophy, Parkinson's, ataxia, and Alzheimer's. A native…
Jared Horner Wilson ’53
Jerry, a Princeton native and prominent sailor who lived in Branford, Conn., died of heart failure July 6, 2004. A graduate of South Kent School…
John Bernard Curan ’53
Though in poor health, John was determined to attend our 50th reunion in 2003. Accompanied and supported by daughter Susan, brother Michael '58, niece Catherine…
Norborne Lewis Rawlings Jr. ’53
Lew, who roomed in Blair Tower senior year with Oz Applegate, Mike Donohue, Al Dowds, Jerv Finney, Bones Spencer, and Sid Staunton, and made lofty…
Stuyvesant Bonsal Pell ’53
Stuyve, affectionately called the “Energizer Bunny” by daughter Sara Pell-Stires for his stamina and consistency in rowing, running, and bicycling, died June 3, 2007, of…
William Dial Perry ’53
Bill, who contracted polio as a child but never let it affect his life, died of pulmonary fibrosis April 24, 2007, on Dataw Island, S.C…
William Hayes Ryan ’53
Bill, one of six '53 classmates from Penn Charter, died of congestive heart failure March 20, 2004, in Osprey, Fla. An all-round athlete who dined…
Robert Henri Binder ’53
After a valiant two-year battle with ALS, Bob died Apr. 1, 2004, in his Jacksonville, Fla., home. He had hoped to take part in the…
Ib Eric Sundt ’53
Eric captained the freshman swimming team, was a frogman on the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team, and went on to make a bigger splash in commercial…
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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