MEMORIALS
Walter Tompkins Odell ’49
Tom died on Aug. 26, 1999, in Worcester, Mass., not far from his home in Shrewsbury. He was 71. He was raised in Tomkins Cove…
Donald Husted Riddle ’49 *56
Don died on Oct. 11, 1999, after a long illness. He was 78. At Princeton, he majored in politics and was in the Woodrow Wilson…
Gustavus Ober Thomas ’49
Gus died Sept. 10, 1999, in Baltimore, from complications of a peptic ulcer. He was 72. He came to Princeton from the Gilman School after…
Burton C. Hallowell ’49
Burton C. Hallowell, economist and ninth president of Tufts University, died Nov. 21, 2006. He was 91. As president of Tufts from 1967 to 1976…
George Storer Baldwin Jr. ’49
George succumbed to T-cell Leukemia on June 28, 1999, at his home in Burlington, Vt. He was 71. He had hoped that his health would…
John Edwin Manger ’49
Jack died on July 29, 1999, of a massive heart attack while visiting friends in Perham, Minn. He came to Princeton from Western H.S., in…
Alan Scott Watson ’49
Alan died as the result of an automobile accident on July 5, 1999, in Houston. He was 72. He came to Princeton from the Hill…
Leo Walter Cabell ’49
Leo came to Princeton from Newport News H.S. after service in the Army in WWII. He was wounded in action in the Battle of the…
Frederick Goddard Roberts ’49
Fred died of cancer on Aug. 13, 1999. He was 71. He came to Princeton from St. Paul's School after service in the Navy during…
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…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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