MEMORIALS
William Simpson Bigelow ’49
BILL BIGELOW, who will be recalled by many as the chief umpire at the U.S. Open tennis tournament for some 20 years, passed away Jan…
Dudley Bell Robinson Jr. ’49 *52
"TOM" DIED at home on May 219, 1,992, following a heroic twoyear bout with prostate cancer. He was born in Cleveland on Mar. 15, 1927…
Ira Thorne Clement ’49
"CLEM" DIED Sun., Nov. 3, 1991, following a sudden heart attack. He and Mary had just returned to their home in Morgantown, Penn., after vacationing…
Francis Marshall Glazier Jr. ’49
FRANK GLAZIER died of leukemia Aug. 5, 1991, at his summer home in New London, N.H. If you didn't know Frank during his year at…
James A. Wiest ’49
Jim died Feb 16, 2006. He was 77. He prepared for Princeton at Bordentown (N.J.) Military Institute. He served in the Army from 1946 until…
Frederick Wooten Wilkerson ’49
Fred died Oct. 15, 2005. He was 78. He came to Princeton as a Navy V-12 student in June 1945 and left after the first…
William David Dobbins ’49
David died March 6, 2006, at the age of 81. He prepared at Deerfield Academy, and prior to Princeton he served as a pilot with…
Nicholas Holt ’49 *52
Nick died of Pick's disease April 10, 2006. He was 78. He prepared for Princeton at the Putney School and majored in the humanities as…
H. Freeman Matthews Jr. ’49
Free, a retired Foreign Service officer, died at Sibley Hospital July 22, 2006, of renal failure. He was 78. He had been a resident of…
Jack H. Oppenheimer ’49
Jack died April 16, 2006, after a long illness. He was 78. He prepared for Princeton at East Orange (N.J.) High School and majored in…
Joseph Patrick Oconnor ’49
WHEN JOE O'CONNOR died Aug. 23, 1991, following emergency bypass surgery, the Class lost one of its most buoyant spirits. How he remained that way…
Seward Groves Byam. Jr. ’49
SEWARD "TAD" BYAM, a financial executive, died June 3, 1991. Tad was born in Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 9, 1928, and prepared for college at Tower…
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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