MEMORIALS
Donald Eugene Ardis ’53
Sadly, we report the death of our friend Don in Greensboro, N.C., Aug. 12, 1995. The son of Rev. Edward J. Ardis '26 and Grace…
Roger B. Decker ’53
PRINCETON'S CLASS OF 1953 has lost one of its most dedicated members. Roger Decker succumbed to cancer Sept. 6, 1993, after a long and gallant…
Pieter Fisher ’53
PIETER DIED of prostate cancer May 24, 1992, in Rutherford, Calif. He was born in Baltimore and graduated from the Episcopal H.S. At Princeton, Pieter…
James G. Hiering ’53
JIM DIED suddenly, of a heart attack, on Mar. 12, 1992, while on a ski trip in Utah with his wife, Mary~ Jim grew up…
Robert R. Luton ’53
ROBERT R. LUTON, of Darien, Conn., died Mar. 30, 1992, after a brief illness. After a oneyear stint in the U.S. Navy, Bob came to…
William Burke Cassin ’53
BILL CASSIN passed away Mar. 2, 1992. He came to Princeton from Texas Military Institute, where he was class salutatorian. At Princeton he roomed with…
Richard M. Schisgall ’53
ON APR. 19, 1991, the Class lost a devoted member when Dick Schisgall died of cancer. After high school in Great Neck, N.Y., Dick majored…
Milton Nye Weatherhead Jr. ’53
Milt died July 28, 2006. A native of Alexandria, Va., he entered Princeton from George Washington High School. At Princeton, Milt roomed with classmates Clark…
Richard Harris ’53
THE CLASS was saddened to learn recently that Richard Harris died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Needham, Mass., May 19, 1990…
Elliot W. Dann ’53
ON JULY 20, 1989, the Class lost one of its gentlest and toughest members. Elliot W. Dann died in his sleep after a four-year battle…
William F. Mitchell ’53
Bill passed away of a heart attack on June 21, 1989, in Bainbridge Island, Wash., where he had lived for the past several years. After…
John Maxmillian Weis ’53 *54
Jack joined the Navy and literally saw the world during a notable 42-year career serving our country. He retired in 1983 as a captain, and…
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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