MEMORIALS
A. Hugh Douglas Jr. ’44
Hugh died Oct. 3, 2004, four years after a stroke, in Newport, R.I., where he and his wife lived in the family home. He was…
St. Kelley Clair Archer Jr. ’44
Kelley died July 9, 2004, in Bellaire, Ohio, his hometown, after an extended illness. He graduated from Bellaire High School, where he was active in…
Benjamin S. Martin ’44
Ben, who became a legendary football coach — "the father of Air Force football" — during 20 years at the Air Force Academy, died in…
Benjamin A. Oswalt ’44
Ben died at a daughter's Illinois home June 28, 2004, after being diagnosed with cancer in late 2003. He was 83. A native of Batavia…
Harold Brooks Gardner ’44
Brooks died June 17, 2004, after a brief illness. He was 80 and had lived with his wife, Maggie, many years in Orinda, Calif. On…
George N. Hazlehurst ’44
George died April 26, 2004, in Flagstaff, Ariz. He lived and practiced internal medicine there and previously in Phoenix. He was 81. Born in New…
Raphael Semmes ’44
"Rock" Semmes died July 6, 2007, of kidney cancer in his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 86. Only six weeks earlier he was…
Reginald M. Rowe ’44
"For me, art is a compulsion. I have to do it; I don't know what else to do," Reggie said. And art is what Reggie…
Donald Waldo Hirschberger ’44
Don died April 14, 2007, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, in Palm Desert, Calif., his and his wife Bobbie’s home since 1999. He…
Samuel E. Eastman ’44
Sam died June 14, 2007, of pneumonia in Fort Myers, Fla. He was a transportation economist and lawyer and general counsel for the Interstate Commerce…
Edward S. Carter Jr. ’44
Ted Carter died on a ski run Mar. 24, 2004. Sixteen of his relatives, including his father, E. Sterling Carter '16, and cousin, Burnham Carter…
Philip Murphy ’44
Phil died Mar. 30, 2004, the eve of his 81st birthday. He prepared at Haverford School. At Princeton he majored in economics and social institutions…
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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