MEMORIALS
Willis Frederick Doney Jr. ’46 *49
Bill died July 2, 2005, of pneumonia in Boston. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., he prepped at Shadyside Academy. Majoring in philosophy as an undergraduate, he…
Tilghman B. Koons ’46
Skip Koons died July 7, 2005, at home in East Hampton, N.Y. A native of Plainfield, N.J., where he attended high school, he entered Princeton…
William Kerst Runyeon ’46
Bill accidentally drowned in the Delaware River June 7, 2005, while fishing alone. A graduate of The Hill School, he earned a bachelor's from Princeton…
Robert Bennett Congleton ’46
Bob died March 29, 2005, of heart failure at his home in Lexington, Ky. He came to Princeton in1943 after Darlington School in Rome, Ga…
William H. Sword ’46
Bill died June 9, 2005, after a long illness. He was 80. His funeral at Nassau Presbyterian Church included President Shirley Tilghman h'46 and class…
William Andrew Jackson ’46
Bill died April 2, 2005, in Walnut Creek, Calif., after a brief illness. He came to Princeton in the summer of 1942, a graduate of…
Walter Castle Neale ’46
Walter Neale, known as "Terry," died July 31, 2004, in Knoxville, Tenn., where he had lived the past few years. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville…
William Franklin Whitbeck Jr. ’46
Bill died Jan. 11, 2005, in Northern Neck, Va. Born in Irvington, N.J., he was a graduate of Columbia High School and entered the class…
Kenneth H. Zabriskie Jr. ’46 *53
Ken died Oct. 18, 2004. He came to Princeton from Ridgewood [N.J.] High School in 1942 to study chemical engineering. After Army service in the…
Stanton G. Gillespie ’46
Stan died Nov. 27, 2004, at home in Sharon, Conn. Born in Short Hills, N.J., he entered Princeton in 1942 to study engineering but left…
Alexander Travis Stumpf ’46
Stumpf was Stumpf. He had no equal, in any sense of the word. Crusty. Fiery. A self-ordained curmudgeon. In the summer of '42, he joined…
James Junkin Buchanan ’46 *54
Jim, son of trustee emeritus John G. Buchanan 1909, died peacefully in his hometown of Pittsburgh Dec. 5, 2004. Jim came to Princeton in 1942…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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