MEMORIALS
Philip James Porter ’52
Following several years of declining health, Phil died of heart failure at Beth ISrael Deaconess Medical Center in Boston Feb. 16, 2005. His memorial service…
Chester Sharon Bell Jr. ’52
Chet died of sepsis Dec.13, 2003, in Washington, D.C., where he lived. He was 73. Born in Chicago, he entered Princeton from Neenah [Wis.] High…
William Nichols Coler ’52
Bill died unexpectedly of cancer Jan. 14, 2002, at home in Westport, Mass. Born in New York City, he prepared for Princeton at the Choate…
Irving Flint Foote ’52
Bud died of complications from a stroke March 12, 2005, at home in Atlanta, Ga. Born in Laconia, N.H., he entered Princeton from Goffstown High…
Jack Lincoln Sanders ’52
Jack Sanders died April 22, 2005, at home in Snyder, N.Y., from complications of a rare neurological disorder, multisystems atrophy, for which there remains no…
Philemon Fowler Sturges III ’52 *55
Phil died in Boston May 24, 2005, of a lung infection. Born in Bend, Ore., Phil graduated from the Lennox School and attended Trinity College…
Robert H. Janover ’52
Bob, whose life was defined by family, duty, the law, and Princeton, died Jan. 6, 2005, following a brief illness. A New Yorker to the…
Robert Eugene Cowen ’52
Bob died June 4, 2005, at his Knoxville, Tenn., home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pueblo, Colo., he entered Princeton from Denver's…
Landon Peters ’52
Landon died in Princeton April 9, 2005, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Montclair, he entered Princeton in 1948 from Governor Dummer Academy. He majored…
John Arthur Hagaman ’52
John died in Glen Ridge, N.J., Dec. 15, 2003, of lung cancer. Through years of declining health he never lost the serene spirit and keen…
Charles Henry Lafean ’52
Charles died June 20, 2003, in Lewiston, Maine. Born in Chicago in April 1924, he was the second oldest member of our class. His preparation…
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…
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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