MEMORIALS
Irwin Potkewitz ’60
Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Irwin graduated from Stuyvesant High School, where he was editor of The Spectator and active on the rifle team…
Sidney A. Masri ’60
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, and raised in New Rochelle, N.Y., Sidney graduated from New Rochelle High School on his way to Princeton. With us, he…
John E. Archibold ’55
John, a noted Colorado attorney whose ancestors included an author of the Colorado Constitution and another who was a founder of the Colorado Bar Association…
David S. North ’51
David died April 26, 2024. He came to Princeton from Morristown (N.J.) High School. He majored in politics, was the managing editor of The Daily…
William A. Dippel ’50 *55
Bill died Dec. 28, 2023, at the age of 97. Raised in Teaneck, N.J., he graduated from Teaneck High and joined the Navy in 1944…
William T. Doyle ’49
Professor, public servant, and author, Bill died Aug. 15, 2024, at age 98 in Northfield, Vt. Born in New York City, Bill grew up in…
Rafe Reginald Ellison *01
Reggie died Aug. 24, 2024. Born Oct. 21, 1973, in Rochester, N.Y., after high school Reggie enlisted in the Army, where he served in South…
Steven V. Czarnecki *83
Steve died Sept. 26, 2024, of pancreatic cancer at age 68 in Endicott, N.Y. Born in Chicago in 1956, he earned a bachelor’s degree in…
David C. Gompert *73
David died of cancer Aug. 21, 2024. Born Oct. 6, 1945, in Hackensack, N.J., he earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the…
Nancy Jane Rachman *79
Nancy died Sept. 9, 2024, in Bethesda, Md. She was born in Philadelphia March 25, 1947. The first member of her family to attend college…
Peter J. Stein *69
Peter died in Washington, D.C., Aug. 8, 2024. He was born in Prague, Sept. 22, 1936, and his life was changed forever when German troops…
Peter C. Saccio *68
Peter died Aug. 19, 2024, in Lebanon, N.H. He was born May 28, 1941, in Brooklyn. He earned a B.A. in philosophy at Yale and…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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November 2026
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