MEMORIALS
C. Carlton Colyer ’52
The class lost one of its greatest free spirits April 29, 2006, when Carl Colyer died following a fatal heart attack he suffered while delivering…
Morton Lewis Meyer ’52
MORT DIED July 21, 1991, at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, following a sevenmonth struggle with cancer. His funeral was in Temple Emanuel, Creve…
Philip Greafe Whitney ’52
PHIL DIED Apr. 11, 1990, in Essex Fells, NJ. He was bornin Montclair, NJ., June 29, 1930, and came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy, where…
William Spencer Service Jr. ’52
BILL DIED Nov. 24, 1990, in Durham, N.C. He had fought a twoyear battle against cancer with courage, stoicism, and an unsurpassed sense of humor…
Francis Higginson L. Philp ’52
JED PHILP DIED suddenly of a heart attack in Presbyterian Hospital, N.Y.C., Jan. 18, 1990. Jed was cast from a very special mold. Courtly of…
Robert Eastin Morris ’52
BOB MORRIS died on Dec. 30, 1989, after a massive heart attack. His funeral was held in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, and he was…
Michael Anthony Paoletti ’52
Mike Paoletti died on Sept. 21, 1989, at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasedena, Calif., of respiratory failure due to fungal pneumonia. He had struggled for several…
Donald Lionel Spurling ’52
After a two-and-one-half-year battle with cancer, Don Spurling died on March 10, 1987, in Williamsville, NY. His funeral service was held in Calvary Episcopal Church…
Alonzo Burrell Rivers ’52
Ab Rivers died of cancer on Jan. 31, 1989, in Atlanta, Ga. The funeral was in Peachtree Presbyterian Church, the interment was in the family…
Edwin A. Baldwin Jr. ’52
Ed Baldwin died suddenly at work of a massive heart attack on Jan. 6, 1988. Ed's family was especially grateful that, shortly before his death…
Robert Ottis Clark ’52
Bob Clark died on Jan. 26, 1988, a few hundred feet from the summit of Mt Kenya. The evident cause of death was pulmonary edema…
David L. Dimmock ’52
Dave Dimmock died of cancer in Norwalk, Conn., in July 1987. He had hoped to attend our 35th reunion, but the severity of his illness…
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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