MEMORIALS
Benjamin M. Johns Jr. ’49
Ben died unexpectedly Aug. 29, 2005. He was 78. He was a graduate of DuPont High School in Wilmington, Del., and attended Andover. Ben spent…
Alfred S.C. Ling ’49
Al, our class president, died rather suddenly of a bleeding disorder Sept. 13, 2005. He was 76. He prepared for Princeton at Stuyvesant High School…
Donald Pelham ’49
Don died Sept. 27, 2005, as the result of injuries from a fall. He was 78. He prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's School and…
Harold G. Peterson ’49
Pete died Aug. 6, 2005, of a blood disorder. He was 84. He prepared for Princeton at Newell High School in South Dakota and came…
Carl K. Leibert ’49
Carl, who had been in poor health for several years, died April 15, 2005. He was 79. Carl prepared at Bethlehem (Pa.) High School, and…
Charles Joseph Miller ’49
Chuck died Aug. 13, 2005. He was 81. He prepared for Princeton at Charleston (W. Va.) High School and served in the Navy during World…
Roger D. Borgeson ’49
Roger died March 9, 2005, of complications following a fall. He was 76. Roger prepared for Princeton at Bronxville High School. He majored in politics…
Richard J. Bellet ’49
Dick died Oct. 22, 2004, after a five-year struggle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was 76. Dick prepared for Princeton at East Orange [N.J.] High…
Philip A. Benet ’49
Phil died Nov. 19, 2004. He was 77. Born in Paris, he was a World War II veteran of the Navy and also served in…
Gale F. Johnston Jr. ’49
Buck died Oct. 29, 2004, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 77. He prepared at Webb School in St. Louis. At Princeton he majored…
Chauncey B. Thuss ’49
Chauncey died Feb. 4, 2005. He was 77. He prepared for Princeton at Baylor Military Academy, and at Princeton he majored in biology. He served…
John R. Wilson ’49
Wilse died Dec. 7, 2004. He was 78. He prepared for Princeton at Gilman Country School, and at Princeton he majored in politics. He was…
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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