MEMORIALS
John R. Groome ’51
John died July 7, 1996, at his home in Newton, N.J. He prepped at Blair Academy. At Princeton he was an economics major and a…
Robert C. Post ’51
Bob Post, sire of '51's Class Baby, died July 3, 1996, after a sixyear battle with prostate cancer. Although he earned a BS in chemical…
Roy A. Herbert ’51
Roy died of a heart attack on Mar. 8, 1996. He joined Reader's Digest after graduation, and from 1974 until he retired in 1973 was…
Perkins Wilson ’51
Perk died of cancer on Nov. 2, 1995, shortly after a memorable trip he and Mimi took to the eastern Mediterranean. Not only was he…
G. Cheston Carey Jr. ’51
Cheddy died of a heart attack Oct. 25, 1995. As president and CEO of Carey Machinery & Supply Co., he was a leader of Baltimore's…
Craig Stansbury ’51
Craig died of a heart attack Dec. 24, 1995 while he and Alice were visiting their daughter Kristen in Manassas, Va. He was a man…
Sanford C. Reynolds ’51
Sandy died of heart failure in Dallas, Tex., Nov. 1, 1995, and so went one of the class's and university's stalwarts. In addition to being…
Anson W.H. Taylor Jr. ’51
Born July 2, 1929, Anson was the son of Anson Wales Hard Taylor '19 and nephew of Joseph S. Young '19. He prepared at Pomfret…
John Albert Cochran ’51
John died Sept. 15, 2006, of a heart attack. His health was poor in recent years as a result of a series of strokes. He…
Lee Mannen Stapp ’51
Lee was born June 3, 1929, in Covington, Ky., and raised in Dade County, Fla., where he died Feb. 4, 2006, of congestive heart failure…
John R. Steigman ’51
We lost a good friend and honorary classmate when John died of cancer Oct. 31, 2006. He was 83. A graduate of Williams College, John…
Ralph Frew Peters ’51
Fly fisherman, wing shooter, conservationist, government bond trader, and loyal friend, "Tigger" died of prostate cancer July 20, 2006. He was 77. The son of…
Memorial PAWcasts
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.
PAW IN PRINT
December 2025
Judge Michael Park ’98; shifts in DEI initiatives; a night at the new art museum.
Newsletters.
Get More From PAW In Your Inbox.
