MEMORIALS
Sydney Griswold Smith Jr. ’52
Syd died Aug. 20, 2004. Born in Philadelphia, he entered Princeton from Phillipsburg [N.J.] High School. At Princeton he was deeply involved in his major…
Bruce Arnold Beery ’52
Bruce died Dec. 23, 2002, at home in St. Petersburg, Fla., after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He had joined his second wife, Vera…
David Ellis ’52
Dave died May 3, 2003. Immobilized since 1986 when he suffered a catastrophic accident playing polo, and with additional health complications including the inability to…
George Ross Mather ’52
Following a year of failing health, George died in his sleep Sept. 20, 2004, at University Park Nursing Home in Fort Wayne, Ind. His memorial…
David Fulton Allen ’52
Dave died March 24, 2004, in his Chicago home, of complications from emphysema. Our BOH cites Dave as our class's first standout — by virtue…
Vincent Edward Barrett ’52
Vince died June 5, 2004, after a long and difficult battle with cancer. Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, he entered Princeton from Shaw High School. At…
Oswald A. Friend ’52
Wally died suddenly Feb. 29, 2004, in Palm Desert, Calif. He had just been diagnosed with leukemia and had begun chemotherapy. He was 73. Wally…
Torrey Coggeshall West ’52
Torrey West died July 16, 2001, in Anaheim, Calif. Little is known of the circumstances surrounding his death or burial, except that he requested a…
Bruce Berckmans Jr. ’52
Having survived a massive heart attack in 1987, and undertaken an astonishing recovery that yielded 19 years of creative activity, Buzz Berckmans found his heart…
Gilchrist B. Stockton Jr. ’52
Born in Vienna, Austria, he entered Princeton from Exeter, majored in history, and participated widely in interclub sports for Tower Club. Following graduation, he earned…
William Anton Hansen ’52
Bill Hansen died Nov. 21, 2003, at the Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke, where he had lived most of the last decade. Before his…
Michael Fuller Dorst ’52
Mike died Sept. 28, 2001. A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Mike entered Princeton from the Thacher School, and though he attended Princeton only his freshman year…
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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