MEMORIALS
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…
Frederic Sutterle Gordon Jr. ’46
Fred died Sept. 16, 2004, in Culpeper, Va., where he had run the family farm for some 20 years. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he graduated…
William Maynard Swan Jr. ’46
Bill died June 15, 2004, of pancreatic cancer. Born in Grosse Pointe, Mich., he graduated from Deerfield Academy and began studying engineering at Princeton in…
Charles Luther Best ’46
Charlie died June 21, 2004, in Easton, Pa. A graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School, he entered Princeton in 1942 to study mechanical engineering. Enjoying…
Richard M. French ’46
Dick died June 17, 2003, at home in Versailles, Ky. He came to Princeton in 1942 after graduating from Mount Sterling [Ky.] High to major…
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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