MEMORIALS
Robert H. Pratt ’44
ONE OF '44's FRIENDLIEST classmates died Oct. 20, 1993, after an extended illness in Richmond. Robert H. "Pooky" Pratt came to Princeton from Lake Forest…
John Williams Galbraith ’44
JOHN DIED June 23, 1993, at the Kim ball Medical Center in Lakewood, N.J. He suffered a severe stroke in 1971, which hospitalized him for…
Harold E. Hoelscher ’44
HAL DIED unexpectedly of heart failure Aug. 6, 1993, in Houston. This extraordinarily successful educator and businessman left us quietly, yet in India and Southeast…
Richard Wallower ’44
DICK DIED of cancer Mar. 16, 1993. He joined us at Princeton after graduating from St. Paul's. Freshman year, he roomed at 202 Foulke with…
Robert James Wiese ’44
BOB DIED Aug. 24, 1992, in Santa Cruz, Calif. This memorial fails to cover his last 30 years. His last contact with the class was…
Walter Boit Winship Jr. ’44
WALTER DIED of a heart attack Mar. 6, 1993, in Harwich, Mass. He prepared for Princeton at Lawrenceville. At Princeton, he majored in English, rooming…
Dudley Woodbridge ’44
ON AUG. 4, 1993, while driving home to Princeton from Trenton, Dudley pulled over to the curb and died. His sudden passing was a shock…
Curt Colby ’44
A GENTLE and quietly determined man, Curt Colby died Apr. 22, 1993. He prepared at Pingry and Governor Durnmer, then majored in chemical engineering at…
Robert W. Holliday ’44
KNOWING THAT his cancer would most likely be terminal, Bob continued his lifestyle for over two years with family and friends in Mt. Kisco and…
John Bell Christensen ’44
JOHN DIED July 30,1993, in Honolulu. Princeton, corporate law, and the nation have lost an admirable and valuable man. John prepared at Pingry, where he…
Andrew Dobbie Christie ’44
ANDY, SON of John W. Christie '04, joined us at Princeton from Mercersburg Academy. He retired in Feb. 1992 as chief justice of Delaware's Supreme…
Robert B. Claytor ’44
BOB PASSED away at his home in Norfolk Apr. 9, 1993, after a long bout with cancer. He joins his beloved wife, Frances, whom he…
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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