MEMORIALS
Donald Alexander Cook ’48
Donald Cook died Aug. 10, 1996, in Boston of chronic cardiac failure. Don was born in Manila, where his father worked for the Bank of…
George A. Blakeslee ’48
George Blakeslee died of lymphoma Jan. 29, 1997. A native of Detroit, he came to Princeton in the Navy V12 unit, having transferred from HamdenSydney…
Arnold Goldburg ’48 *60
The class and Princeton lost one of its most distinguished scientists in the death of Arnold Goldburg on Jan. 24, 1997. As head of flight…
John Alfred Johnson ’48
John Johnson died Nov. 22, 1996. He joined us from Choate, was a member of Court Club, and graduated in economics in June 1948. He…
Robert Edward Pearson ’48
Bob Pearson's death on Dec. 9, 1996, has left the class much the poorer. His knowledge of the early days of Princeton, the College of…
William Floyd Agee ’48
Bill Agee died at home in Huntington, W.Va., Oct. 10, 1996, after a long bout with cancer. A lifelong resident of Huntington, Bill joined us…
John E. Holt ’48
John Holt died May 13, 1996. Known as "Jerry," he was a Pittsburgh native and a graduate of Kiski. After freshman year, he served in…
Fred C. Poppe ’48
Fred Poppe died June 17, 1996. He was an enthusiastic Princetonian and loyal member of '48. His greatest love was his family. Tennis, fishing, and…
Robert Nathan Wilentz ’48
Bob Wilentz, retired chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, died July 23, 1996. Bob was to have retired in Feb. 1997, but disabling…
Charles J. Doyle ’48
Charlie died at his home in Somerset, N.J., Dec. 23, 1995, following several years with a heart ailment, which had become progressively worse. He was…
Charles D. Oconnor ’48
Charles O'Connor died July 25, 1995. He was a resident of Darien, Conn. Chuck spent his professional career in the petroleum industry. He was employed…
Robert D. Daubenspeck ’48
Bob Daubenspeck died at his home in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 28, 1995. He was a native of Butler, Penn., and joined us from Altoona H.S…
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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