MEMORIALS
William Owings Burwell ’42 *49
Bill died Aug. 6, 2003, in Savannah. Born in Seattle, he prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Princeton with honors in architecture. He…
Jack Larsen ’42 *45
Jack Larsen, father of 12, progressively a physicist, engineering administrator, patent lawyer, and educator, died at home in Des Plaines, Ill., Aug. 2, 2003, from…
Robert Chase Flint ’42
The class recently received the sad news that Bob Flint died suddenly in the spring of 1999 in Lake Forest, Ill., of causes related to…
Richard Albright White ’42 *43
One of our brightest engineers, Dick White, 81, died July 17, 2003, at home in Clearwater, Fla. Dick prepared at Reading [Pa.] High School. He…
Matthew Gault Jr. ’42
Matt Gault, a retired bank executive, died June 22, 2003, in Princeton after a long illness. He prepared at the Gilman School and Episcopal High…
Charles Dilworth Brakeley ’42
Pete succumbed to Alzheimer's disease Apr. 17, 2003, in Middlebury, Vt. Pete prepared for Princeton at Borden-town Military Institute and the Lawrence-ville School, from which…
Joseph Edwin Longstreth ’42
Joseph died Apr. 15, 2003, of an internal hemorrhage; he was 82. At Princeton he majored in philosophy and Greek, and was active in musical…
Phillip Allen Sayles Jr. ’42
Phil died Dec. 21, 2002, in La Jolla, Calif., from complications of radiation treatment. One of our brightest, he had a brilliant career in retailing…
J. Packard Laird ’42
Packy, an innovative engineer and later in life a minister and spiritual leader, died Mar. 23, 2003, at home in Santa Fe, N.Mex. He attended…
Richard Livingston Davies ’42
Dick died Dec. 3, 2002, of pancreatic cancer in Hillsboro Beach, Fla. After a career in engineering design, he retired to Florida with his wife…
John Israel Merritt Jr. ’42
Jim died Jan. 24, 2003, at home in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. He prepared at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, where he was on the…
Frederick Rolland Carson ’42
Rolly died in Chicago on July 1, 2002, after a long and distinguished career as a lawyer. He retired as a partner with the law…
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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