MEMORIALS
Peter B. Obbard ’53
Peter died April 26, 2024, in Newtown, Pa. He was born in Pittsburgh and attended Sewickley Academy and St. Andrew’s School before coming to Princeton…
Alan B. Handler ’53
Alan was born in Newark, N.J., and came to Princeton after graduating from Newark Academy. He majored in the School of Public and International Affairs…
William F. Close ’53
Bill died April 23, 2024, in Danbury, Conn. He was born in Washington, D.C. and came to Princeton from Summit (N.J.) High School. He was…
Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr. ’52
Mike came from Groton and joined Key and Seal, majoring at SPH in Oriental languages. He worked on the Nassau Sovereign and the Nassau Lit…
Charles W. Slack ’50 *54
Experimental social psychologist, writer, and pastor, Charles died May 29, 2023, of heart and kidney failure after a yearlong struggle with prostate cancer at Hollywood…
Fielding E. Lamason ’50
Born in Beaumont, Texas, Tex grew up in Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey as his father sought work. After graduating from Pingry…
Shen C.Y. Fu *76
Shen died in Taipei, Taiwan, April 16, 2024, at the age of 86. He was born in Shanghai Nov. 4, 1937, during the second Sino-Japanese…
Peter A. Crean *70
Peter died of natural causes in Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 23, 2023. Born in Toronto Oct. 26, 1942, Peter graduated from the University of Toronto in…
Jan A. Norton *66
Jan died of cancer in Red Bank, N.J., April 9, 2024. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, shortly before World War II. His family eventually…
Edward James Woods *62
Jim died March 18, 2024, in Berlin, Germany, at age 87. Born in 1936 in Timmins, Ontario, Jim received his BSc degree in engineering physics…
William P. Purcell *60
Bill died March 23, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn., at age 88, after a brief illness. He was born Dec. 11, 1935, in Tulsa, Okla. He…
Robert S. Harris *60
Robert died Oct. 3, 2023, in Houston. He was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1935. He earned a B.A. in architecture from Rice University…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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