MEMORIALS
Samuel Coombe Howell ’50
When Sam died of a brain tumor Feb. 19, 1997, our class, and Princeton, lost one of its most loyal supporters. Sam prepared at the…
Bradford Alan Arthur ’50
Brad Arthur died at the Underwood Hospital in Woodbury, N.J., Oct. 4, 1996. He was 69. Brad prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's School in…
Edward Sprague Jones ’50
Ed Jones died Dec. 4, 1996, in New York, N.Y., of throat cancer. He was 68. He was a resident of Oyster Bay, N.Y., where…
John Tower Funkhouser ’50
John Funkhouser died in Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 1, 1996, following a long struggle with emphysema caused by an inherited enzyme deficiency. John came to…
Edward Carsten Balcke ’50
Ted Balcke died Sept. 3, 1996, at his home in Centerville, Mass., after a yearlong ordeal with prostate cancer. Born in Garden City, N.Y., Tiger…
William Taylor Stevenson Jr. ’50
The Reverend W. Taylor Stevenson died at home Feb. 27, 1996, after a brief illness. Taylor prepped at the Hill School, and after Princeton, he…
Stephen Clark Peaslee ’50
Steve Peaslee was born in West Hartford, Conn., and prepared for Princeton at Kingswood. At Princeton, Steve majored in politics and graduated with honors. He…
James Benner Burns ’50
Jim Burns of Falls Church, Va., an intelligence analyst with the CIA, died of lung cancer Mar. 9, 1996, at the Hospice Center of Northern…
Archibald Ayres Browne ’50
When Archie Browne left us Apr. 17, 1996, at the age of 68, the class lost one of its stalwarts. He waged a long gallant…
Richard Gordon Garnett ’50
Dick Garnett died Mar. 5, 1996, at his home in Fairway, Kans. He was 67. He came to Princeton from Pembroke Country Day School in…
Albert Ross Meeker Jr. ’50
Pete Meeker died in Vermont on Apr. 25, 1995. Pete came to us after serving in the Army during 194346. He graduated from Millburn [N.J.]…
John Gilbert Rathman ’50
Jack Rathman died May 10, 1996, at his home in Rumson, N.J., of a heart attack. Jack came to Princeton from Union [N.J.] H.S. in…
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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