MEMORIALS
Vincent R. Smith Jr. ’49
Vincent died Dec. 23, 2005, after a long illness. He was 81. He was originally a member of the Class of 1947, but switched to…
Albert F. Brun ’49
Albert died Aug. 14, 2005. He was 81. He prepared for Princeton at Teaneck (N.J.) High School and transferred from Wesleyan in November 1945. He…
Edward L. Kern ’49
Ed died Jan. 19, 2005, at home in Gilbert, Ariz. He was 77. He left Princeton to join the Navy and was a Naval aviator…
William Weeks Davenport ’48
Bill Davenport died Aug. 2, 2007, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Reston, Va. He was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and graduated…
George Albert Zabriskie ’48
George died from Parkinson's disease July 4, 2005. He spent the last days of his life in Pittsburgh to be close to his daughter, Tavia…
Richard Charles Larson ’48 *49
Dick died Dec. 13, 2005, in Charlottesville, Va. He was 80. A native of Brooklyn and graduate of Brooklyn Prep, Dick joined us in 1945…
Louis Schelling ’48
Engaging, explorative, philosophical Lou, of Winchester, Mass., died of prostate cancer Dec. 27, 2005. He was 78. He came to Princeton in 1946 from Blair…
Thomas Shoemaker White Jr. ’48
A stalwart of our class, Tom White died Dec. 16, 2005. Tom joined us by way of Peekskill (N.Y.) Military Academy in 1944 and graduated…
Francis Pearre Fretwell ’48
Frank, a lifelong resident of Moore, S.C., died Oct. 28, 2005. It was in Moore that he established the world-renowned Monfret Kennels and early on…
Samuel Clark Jr. ’48
Sam died Oct. 2, 2005, in Berlin, Conn., after a brief illness. He joined us by way of Lawrenceville School in 1944 and graduated in…
Eugene Marcus Friedman ’48
Gene died Aug. 30, 2004, of melanoma. He was 80. He graduated from Dover [N.J.] High School at 16. He enlisted in the Army Air…
Seymour Barton Levinson ’48
Buddy, as he was known to his family, died May 29, 2005. He was 78 and a lifelong Norfolk, Va., resident. Buddy was involved with…
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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