MEMORIALS
L. Preston Hollander Jr. ’44
Pres Hollander died of heart failure on Dec. 20, 1998, at Monterey Community Hospital near Carmel, Calif., where he had lived since 1990. He came…
Walter Schaff Jr. ’44
Wally Schaff died on Jan. 11, 2000, six years after he had written in our 50-year book, "By-pass heart operations are all the rage, so…
David D. Metcalfe Jr. ’44
Dave Metcalfe died of a virulent form of leukemia on Sept. 24, 1999. He wrote the following for his funeral in St. Louis, which was…
John Bristol Nunez ’44
Jack Nunez of Mystic, Conn., died Dec. 29, 1998. He prepared at Phillips Academy. At Princeton he majored in political science and was president of…
William J. Strawbridge ’44
Windy died Apr. 8, 1999, in Cape Coral, Fla., where he had resided since 1986. Hardly well enough to attend our 50th, he came nonetheless…
John P. Ware ’44
John Ware died Mar. 30, 1999, following surgery. He was 77. He prepared at Brooks School, and at Princeton roomed with Darrell Zink and John…
David P. Weidig ’44
Dave died Mar. 31, 1999, in a nursing home after being diagnosed with a rare blood disease a year ago. Arriving from Newark Academy, at…
Rowan A. Williams ’44
Rowan Williams died Mar. 5, 1999, of heart and renal failure after a lengthy illness. He was 79. Following graduation from Asheville [N.C.] School for…
C. William Kerr ’44
Almost like a latter-day "Mr. Chips" as an exceptional teacher of history and a top administrator at Wesleyan U. for nearly 40 years, Willie Kerr…
William G. Ambrose ’44
Bill Ambrose, one of the original fabulous five who attended every reunion since graduation, died Mar. 10, 1999, in Kilmarnock, Va., from complications following a…
J. Christy Wilson Jr. ’44
Six months after lung cancer diagnosis, Christy departed this life Feb. 8, 1999, to join his maker. In our 50th Yearbook, this devout man who…
George B. Hardy ’44
George Hardy died Mar. 5, 1999, of a stroke while visiting his daughter in California. He was 76. He transferred to Princeton at the beginning…
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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