MEMORIALS
Theodore W. Neuman Jr. ’44
Theodore Neuman died Oct. 8, 1997, of congestive heart failure at his home in Marco Island, Fla. Ted came to Princeton from The Hill School…
George F. Odland ’44
George Odland died in Seattle, Nov. 21, 1997, from complications of a stroke. He was 75. He came to us from Lakeside School in Seattle…
Peter Wells ’44
Peter Wells died of Parkinson's Nov. 6, 1996, in Grant, Fla., where he and his wife, Helen, were living after 51 years of marriage. Peter…
Philip J. Petersen ’44
Philip Petersen died June 18, 1997, in a convalescent center in Santa Barbara, Calif. Phil left Princeton during sophomore year to attend the Aeronautic U…
Henry R. Smedley ’44
Henry Smedley died on Sept. 2, 1997, at his home in Watchung, N.J., after a long illness. He was 75. He came to us from…
Carl H. Duisberg ’44
Carl Duisberg died July 28, 1997, in Zurich, Switzerland, where he had resided since 1965. At Princeton he majored in biology and was a member…
William Prizer Jr. ’44
William Prizer died Apr. 23, 1997, in Ft. Myers, Fla. He was 77. He prepared at Exeter and Haverford, and at Princeton was active in…
Roman J. Kutsky ’44 *46
Roman died Nov. 2, 2006, in Vancouver, Wash., at 84. He loved studying and research. Born in Allentown, Pa., Roman prepped at Wyoming Seminary in…
A. John Accola Jr. ’44
Coke died Apr. 7, 1997, in Dorset, England, after a five-month bout with melanoma. Few of his friends knew he was fighting this dread disease…
Richard Custer ’44
Dick Custer died of heart failure Sept. 29, 1996, at his home in Philadelphia, Pa. He came to us from Lower Merion H.S., and for…
James A. Gardner ’44
On June 17, 1996, Jim Gardner died at the Kimball Hospital in Lakewood, N.J., of pneumonia. He was 76. Jim was born in London, came…
Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr. ’44
Kay Gilpin died of congestive heart failure Apr. 29, 1996, at his home, Kentmere, in Boyce, Va., where he was born and lived most of…
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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