MEMORIALS
John Knox Witherspoon Jr. ’50
John died unexpectedly Jan. 16, 2004, in Signal Mountain, Tenn. At Princeton, John was a member of Elm Club and president of the University Press…
Philip F. Ruppel ’50
Phil died June 25, 2003. Born in Brooklyn, Phil graduated from Burbank [Calif.] HS. A member of Campus Club and NROTC at Princeton, he graduated…
Julian T. Buxton Jr. ’50
The mayor of Charleston described Julie as "one of the finest people ever to live in Charleston." A friend called Julie "a doctor who treated…
Richard C. Hollyday Jr. ’50
Dick died Nov. 5, 2003, from complications of ALS. He graduated in 1945 from St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., then served two years in…
John H. Rudolph ’50 *53
John died of cancer Sept. 6, 2003, on Bainbridge Island, Wash. Following high school, John served two years in the Navy. Though a member of…
Nicholas Canaday Jr. ’50
Nick died July 4, 2003, after a full life in academia and social action. At Princeton, Nick majored in English, was on The Tiger editorial…
T. Williams Roberts ’50
T-Willy died May 25, 2003. His home for many years was in Villanova, Pa. T-Willy graduated from St. Paul's in Concord, N.H., in 1944. After…
John Fielder Knowles ’50
Jack died July 31, 2003. He had been deeply interested in the schools in Mount Vernon and Fairfax County, Va., where he lived for many…
Robert Earl Wagner ’50
Bob, a resident of Haverford, Pa., died Mar. 1, 2003, of complications from ankylosing spondylitis, a rheumatic disease he struggled with his entire adult life…
William Van Moore Cleve ’50
Bill died in his hometown, St. Louis, Feb. 28, 2003, of complications from chronic heart disease. Coming from Andover, he majored in economics, then entered…
Benjamin E. Lum ’50
Ben died at the Medical College of Virginia, Nov. 5, 2002. A lifelong resident of Petersburg, Va., he graduated from high school there. Ben served…
William M. Spencer Jr. ’50
Bill died at home in Nicasio, Calif., Jan. 24, 2003, after a long illness and five weeks before his 74th birthday. Born in Chicago, Bill…
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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