MEMORIALS
Andrew J. Lord Jr. ’47
Jim Lord died of pulmonary fibrosis in Newton, Mass. Sept. 9, 1995. His home was in Wellesley. Jim served in WWII as an Army air…
Sanderson Smith ’47
Sandy Smith died of cancer Sept. 28, 1995, at his home in Readfield, Maine. After graduating from the Berkshire School in 1943, he served in…
John Purdy Benedict ’47
Jack died Mar. 7, 1995. He had suffered a stroke and a major heart attack in 1990. He lived in Essex Falls, N.J. Jack's career…
Conrad Andrew Kawel Jr. ’47
Connie Kawel died of cancer Feb. 24, 1995, in Livonia, Mich. He came to Princeton in the Navy's V-12 program in 1943. Under the Navy's…
Charles W. Metter ’47
CHARLIE MEFTER (who was known as Bill to his family) died of heart failure at his home in Princeton Jan. 28, 1994. A native of…
Stuart W. Thayer ’47
STUART DIED of cancer at his home in N.Y.C. Sept. 22, 1992. A native of Charleston, WVa., he prepared at Charleston H.S. In 1948, he…
John L. Weinburg ’47
John, who died Aug. 8, 2006, is now a brilliant star in our fabulous constellation of departed classmates. After combat service as a Marine in…
Charles H. Green ’47
CHICK DIED of emphysema Nov. 5, 1993, at his home in East Hampton, L.I., where he had lived for 22 years. After graduating from Exeter…
Herbert Reed Lewis ’47
HERBERT LEWIS DIED of heart failure in NYC Apr. 16, 1993. He was born in Rochester, N.Y., and attended the Harley School in that city…
George C. Brauer Jr. ’47
GEORGE DIED Sept. 27, 1993, in Columbia, S.C. Like most of us, he entered Princeton in the summer of 1943. He majored in English and…
William H. Sewell ’47
BILL DIED May 9, 1993. With his death our class lost one of its most renowned members. After V12 and graduation from Princeton, Bill entered…
David Crockett Gordon ’47
OUR CLASSMATE David Gordon died of cancer at his home in Princeton Apr. 23, 1993. David was born in Istanbul and raised in Greece. He…
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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