MEMORIALS
Oliver Miller Blackburn ’43
WE LOST Ollie May 24, 1990, from the lingering aftereffects of a 1984 stroke, coupled with severe emphysema. He was 69, and had been very…
Charles Donald Ford ’43
DON DIED May 20, 1990, at the age of 69, following a fourmonth bout with cancer. Born in Atlantic City, N.J., he graduated from the…
Alexander F. Shaw ’43
SANDY PASSED away in his sleep June 14, 1990, a victim of cancer. He was 68. Mickey Howard, his Princeton roommate, who had known Sandy…
Frank Robertson Clarke Jr. ’43
Frank died at his home in Oxford, Md., on Aug. 19, 1989, at the age of 69. Born and educated in the public schools of…
Wallace Morton Sinclair ’43
Wallace died on Apr. 7, 1989, at the age of 74. He was born in N.Y.C., but his family moved to Bound Brook, N.J., when…
Gherardo Gherardi ’42
Gherardo "Zeke" Gherardi, a pathologist and teacher, died Sept. 6, 2007, in an automobile accident near Hearne, Texas. He was 86. Zeke was born in…
John Swinton King ’42
John S. King died Aug. 30, 2007, of lung cancer in Ann Arbor, Mich. John prepared at the Detroit University School. At Princeton he majored…
S. Stoney Simons ’42
S. Stoney Simons died Oct. 1, 2007, at the Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Pa., following a stroke. Stoney was born in Charleston, S.C. He prepared for…
William Julius Thompson ’42
Bill Thompson died Sept. 21, 2007, in Greenville, S.C., of a ruptured appendix. He was born in Springfield, Mass., and prepared at the Loomis School…
Allen Caryl Bigelow Jr. ’42
Ace Bigelow died of prostate cancer Aug. 27, 2007, in Charlotte, N.C. A lifelong bachelor, he had lived in Charlotte for many years. Ace was…
Stephen Rogers Steinhauser ’42
Stephen Rogers Steinhauser was born in Newburgh, N.Y., in 1921 and died Aug. 11, 2007, in Sarasota, Fla., of complications of heart disease. Steve came…
Thomas Ely Taplin Sr. ’42
Tom, a generous philanthropist, died June 5, 2007, in Denver after a long illness. Tom prepared at Phillips Andover Academy. At Princeton, he earned honors…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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