MEMORIALS
George Robert Almond ’49
Bob Almond died Feb. 21, 1996, in Columbus, Ohio, following surgery. Bob prepared at Hill School and, before college, served in the Army Air Force…
Alexander Misterman ’49
Al Misterman died Oct. 16, 1994, at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. Al prepared at Simon Gratz H.S., and he served in the Navy…
Donald Wayne Mosser ’49
Don Mosser, a lifelong resident of the Chicago area, died there Jan. 24, 1996. Don prepared at New Trier H.S. He served in the Army…
Marvin Robert Mufson ’49
Marvin Mufson died July 14, 1997, in Ridgewood, N.J., after suffering complications from several strokes. Marvin prepared at the Bronx H.S. of Science. At Princeton…
Richard Maynard Strohm ’49
Richard Strohm died Nov. 29, 1996. Dick prepared at Exeter. He left Princeton to enter West Point, from which he graduated in 1950, then served…
Charles Morse Thom ’49
Charlie Thom died Dec. 1, 1995, at his home in Scarsdale, N.Y. He prepared at the Hill School. At Princeton he earned an AB in…
Fletcher Hanson Etheridge Jr. ’49
Fletcher "Hans" Etheridge Jr. died Oct. 15, 1995, at home, in his sleep. He was born June 30, 1928, and prepared at Woodberry Forest. At…
John Hardwick Ransom ’49
Jack, son of the late Julius Chalmers Ransom '20, died May 24, 1997. He came to Princeton from Exeter in 1945, but was drafted into…
William Earley Foster Jr. ’49
Bill Foster, son of the late William '08 and a 36-year resident of West Caldwell, N.J., died there Feb. 25, 1997. He was born in…
Arthur Jacobsen ’49
Art Jacobsen died Sept. 2, 1998, in Vero Beach, Fla., following a prolonged illness. Art prepared at Port Richmond H.S. in Staten Island, N.Y. He…
John Llewellyn Jirgal ’49
John Jirgal died Apr. 21, 1998, of leukemia, at home in Pearl River, N.Y., where he had lived for more than 40 years. John prepared…
Philip Alden Wilde Jr. ’49
Phil Wilde died June 25, 1997, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22, 1925, and made his home…
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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