MEMORIALS
James Julian Waltke ’49
Jim died Aug. 5, 1999, following a brief illness. He was 71. He entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School and left to finish…
Robert Morris Benjamin Jr. ’49
Bob Benjamin died in Southampton, N.Y., on Apr. 27, 1997. Born in NYC on Mar. 2, 1927, he prepared for college at Exeter, where he…
William Henry Bowen ’49
Bill Bowen died Feb. 27, 1998, of prostate cancer. He had been living in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. He was born Feb. 15, 1924, and was…
Knox Hudson Culley ’49
Knox was born in L.A. in 1927. He attended the Adirondack Florida School in Onchiota, N.Y., Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y., and the Taft…
Leonard Daniel Goodis ’49
"Goodis" was born on June 6, 1928, in Philadelphia, and came to us from Bridgeton H.S. in New Jersey, where he was involved with their…
Edward Lloyd Mertz ’49
Lloyd was born in Rochester N.Y., Nov. 12, 1928, and, according to the Social Security Death Index, died in Jan. 1974. Lloyd came to Princeton…
William Clay Spearing ’49
Bill was born on Long Island, N.Y., June 30, 1924, and according to the Social Security Index died at Islip in May, 1985. Bill came…
David George St. Barber ’49
David died Oct. 31, 1995, of Alzheimer's disease at the Riverside Regional Convalescent Center in Newport News, Va. Saint, as he was known to his…
Leslie George Brownlee Jr. ’49
Les Brownlee died Sept. 5, 1992, at Seabrook Island, S.C. Les prepared for college at Lawrenceville. He served in the Marine Corps from 1945-46. At…
James Morrison Colwell ’49
Jim Colwell died Feb. 14, 1999, in Berkeley, Calif., from a virulent lung infection. He was the son of E. Townsend Colwell '21. Jim prepared…
John Gordon Flinn ’49
John became a "missing" member of our class back in 1969. We and the university have received word from dedicated "missing" Princetonian tracker Lee Gould…
Russell Bogert Parmele ’49
Russ suffered for many years from a kidney disease, and died Mar. 2, 1999, at home. He prepared at Staten Island Academy, and 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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