MEMORIALS
Fred John Ritzer ’48
Fred died Aug. 8, 2005. He was 83. He and his wife, Velia, resided in Cape Coral, Fla. They were married in 1987. Fred's first…
Thomas William Langfitt ’48
Princeton, the worlds of medicine, philanthropy, and banking, and the Class of '48 are all the lesser with the death of Tom Langfitt on Aug…
David Hamilton Rowan ’48
David Rowan died of cancer June 8, 2005, in Roxbury, Conn. He was a member of the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and recipient…
Harry Hamilton Hall Jr. ’48
The class lost a very brave man with the death of Harry "Bud" Hall April 18, 2005. After a lifetime of desperation, all the while…
Robert Wilson Wolcott Jr. ’48
Bob joined our class from Hotchkiss, dined at Cottage, pitched varsity baseball, and died Jan. 26, 2005. Bob lived an eventful life and will be…
James David Armitage ’48
Jim died Jan. 8, 2005, in Boulder, Colo., while being cared for by his children. Jim came to us from Lawrenceville, was in Quadrangle, and…
Robert South Barrett IV ’48
Bob, a retired Foreign Service officer and ambassador to Djibouti in East Africa from 1989-91, died of cancer Dec. 24, 2004, at Georgetown University Hospital…
Leland Stuart Smith ’48
Stu died Nov. 10, 2004, in Louisville, Ky. Born in Honolulu, he was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C. After serving…
David Whiting Raymond ’48
Dave died Aug. 10, 2004. A native of Detroit and graduate of Cranbrook School, Dave joined us in June 1944 and graduated four years later…
David Affleck Spoehr ’48
Dave died Aug. 23, 2004, in Fort Myers, Fla., of complications from diabetes. His entire professional life of 35 years was with the large fastener…
Lowell Stotts Lashbrook ’48 *54
Lowell died July 17, 2004, in Lawrence, Kan. He was 77. Lowell grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Western High School. At Princeton…
Hume Opie Annan Jr. ’48
Hume Annan died of cancer May 7, 2004. He was a graduate of Alleghany High School in Cumberland, Md., and of Episcopal High School, in…
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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