MEMORIALS
Gerald Samuel Tompkins Jr. ’48
Jerry died Nov. 15, 2003, in Greenville, S.C., where he had lived since 1947. His entire business career was spent with J. P. Stevens. He…
James David Loebl ’48
Jim died of cancer at his Ojai, Calif., home Oct. 19, 2003. Jim loved Princeton and the Class of '48. His wife of 43 years…
Oscar S. Rothaus ’48 *58
Math, May 24, 2003
Walter Davis Goodrich ’48
Walt died Aug. 22, 2003, of congestive heart failure. He was 82. He was born in Dendron, Va., near where his ancestors landed in 1627…
Roger E. Eckert ’48
Roger Eckert, distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, died April 26, 2003. A native of Lakewood, Ohio, Roger was a product of the…
Charles E. Heming ’48
Charlie Heming died at home June 6, 2003, of complications from pneumonia. He had a dodgy heart ever since a heart attack at 50. At…
Bertram Victor Karpf ’48
Bert died Apr. 13, 2001. A native of Chicago and graduate of John Marshall High School, he was with us for only a year. He…
William Carl Clifford ’48
With the death of Bill Clifford on Apr. 20, 2003, the class has suffered the loss of a fine oenophile and a splendid friend. A…
Thomas Peter Emmons ’48
We will very much miss Tom Emmons, who died suddenly on May 24, 2003. At the time of his death Tom was serving as our…
Edward V. Dillon ’48
The class has lost a kind, wise, and courageous friend with Ned's death Jan. 23, 2002. He died of heart failure. Ned was a graduate…
David Woodruff Romig ’48
With the death of David Oct. 11, 2002, after a long battle with prostate cancer, the class lost a distinguished dominie. From undergraduate days through…
Morton William Adler ’48
Bill, a pioneer in the cable television industry, was born in Weston, W.Va., and died there Nov. 1, 2002. At Princeton, Bill majored in economics…
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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