MEMORIALS
Ben Kayser Baer ’48
Ben K. Baer, a leader of one of Memphis's best-known cotton companies and many of the city's cultural efforts, died Aug. 17, 1999, from complications…
Charles Adcock Devinne ’48
Our honorary classmate, Charles Adcock Devinne died Mar. 1, 1999 in Middletown, Conn. Chuck was a graduate of the Choate school and had strong feelings…
John Caldwell Meeker ’48
Loyal Princetonian and enthusiastic class member, John Meeker, died at his Winnetka, Ill., home Sept. 4, 1999. He was 73. A native of Pittsburgh, John…
Albert Ray Knotts Jr. ’48
Al Knotts died of leukemia on June 28, 1999, at his Blackstone, Va., home, three and a half miles from the Nottoway County house where…
Arthur Mathias Dorfner ’48
Art Dorfner, broadcasting executive, musician, and community leader, died Mar. 2, 1999. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., and raised in Roselle Park, he was a graduate…
Francis John Hubert ’48
Francis Hubert died Feb. 28, 1999, of prostate cancer. He was 77. He came to Princeton from Olney H.S. and the Navy in the South…
Harold Lee Simons ’48
Harold Simons died Mar. 3, 1999, after a two-year battle with cancer. Harold came to Princeton in June 1944 with the Andover contingent. With time…
Alfred Gregory Nowakoski Jr. ’48
Some called him Greg, others called him Moose, but all agreed he brought much more than his Australian hat and flag to the P-rade and…
Peter Rawleigh Dryer ’48
Peter Dryer died Sept. 16, 1998, in Rochester, N.Y. A lifelong Rochester resident, Peter joined us from Choate and graduated in 1949. He was a…
Robert Reynold Braeder ’48
Bob Braeder died Oct. 7, 1998, after a long struggle with declining health. The most loyal of classmates, Bob had hoped to be with us…
Charles Angelo Reichold ’48
Charlie Reichold died Oct. 12, 1998, at the Berkeley Heights Convalescent Center. He was a resident of New Providence, N.J., at the time of his…
Robert Poindexter Sharkey ’48
Bob Sharkey, retired George Washington U. economic history professor and history department chairman, died of cardiac arrest Sept. 19, 1998, at his home in Washington…
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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