MEMORIALS
Charles Morris Forsyth ’45
Charles Forsyth died in his sleep, July 15, 1997, of cardiac failure. He was 74. Charlie was born in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from Webster…
Benjamin Kelly Graves ’45
Ben Graves died May 20, 1997, at the Surry Community Nursing Center in Mt. Airy, N.C. Ben entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest Academy and from…
G. Robert Compton Jr. ’45
Bob Compton died Feb. 3, 1996 at Morristown [N.J.] Memorial Hospital, following a two-year battle with cancer and clinical depression. He was 71. Bob entered…
John Patrick Lyons ’45
John Lyons died in Florida, surrounded by family members, Feb. 27, 1997. He was 76. John grew up in a traditionally Irish environment in Newark…
Henry Aaron Alexander Jr. ’45
Alex died July 6, 2005. He entered Princeton with a large contingent from Lawrenceville and as a resident of Atlanta, Ga. At Princeton he joined…
Donald Lindsey Ballantyne Jr. ’45
Don died July 8, 2006. He prepared for Princeton at Canterbury, joined Key and Seal Club, and graduated in February 1945 with a degree in…
Stephen Bonsal White Jr. ’45
Bonnie White died July 2, 2006, at his Fox Fire Farm in Harford County, Md. He was 84. Bonnie entered Princeton from Gilman School in…
Benjamin Davis Tyler ’45
Ben Tyler died April 27, 2005. Ben entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest and joined Ivy Club. His Princeton career was terminated in 1943 by service…
William Denison Bickham Jr. ’45
Bill Bickham died Sept. 5, 1996, of a heart attack in Calgary, Alberta. Bill entered Princeton from Hackley, following grandfather D.D. Bickham 1886, and father…
James Brown Craig Jr. ’45
Jim Craig died Dec. 17, 1996, at Sharon, Conn., following a brief illness. He was 76. Jim entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy after a year…
George Edwin Sheppard ’45
George "Gerry" Sheppard died Sept. 15, 1996, in Laurens, S.C. Although born in Houston, George was virtually a lifelong resident of Laurens. He prepared for…
Robert Everett Hastings ’45
Bob Hastings died Oct. 22, 1996, of congestive heart failure in the hospital in Arlington, Va. He was 73. Bob entered Princeton from Roosevelt 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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