MEMORIALS
Robert C. Dickhaus ’51
Bob died Jan. 5, 2000. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up with a lifelong love of baseball - in fact, he came to…
John David Donahower ’51
Dave died of cancer on Dec. 12, 1999. He came to Princeton from William Penn Charter School, where he starred in its literary society and…
John Joseph Handley Jr. ’51
Jack died on Feb. 10, 1999. He came to Princeton from Oswego [N.Y.] H.S., where he was a Natl. Honor Society member, honorary Forum Group…
Frank R. Reichel ’51
Frank died Oct. 3, 1999, of liver cancer. At Princeton, he roomed with Bill Holstein, majored in geology, and was a member of Campus Club…
Wilson Randolph Tucker ’51
Randy died Apr. 11, 2000, from complications related to a stroke. At Princeton, he majored in biology and was a member of the Cincinnati Club…
David L. Milbank ’51
David died of heart and kidney ailments on Mar. 2 at home in Sandy, Utah. The Internet identified him as "CIA officer, author." He was…
Howland Auchincloss Fowler ’51
Howland was a gifted scientist. He majored in physics at Princeton and earned both a master's and doctorate in physics from Brown. From 1957 to…
Headley Benjamin Harper ’51
Ben Harper died Mar. 14, 1999, of a heart attack at his home in Groton, Conn. He was 71. He prepared at Lawrenceville and joined…
Carl A. Hanssen ’51
Carl died Jan. 24, 1999, from congestive heart failure, complicated by diabetes and double pneumonia. In his 71 years he lived a life filled with…
John Hamilton Crawford Jr. ’51
Ham died May 10, 1998, after a long bout with cancer. He prepped at Poly Prep Country Day School. At Princeton he majored in history…
Stuart Major Sperry ’51
Stu died Sept. 25, 1998, in London from prostate cancer. He was emeritus professor of English literature at Indiana U. and divided many years between…
Sheridan Bruce Beattie ’51
Bruce died in Key Biscayne, Fla., on Aug. 8, 1997, of a stroke. He came to us from Hotchkiss and was one of our colorful…
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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