MEMORIALS
John Ambrose Cawley ’42
JOHN DIED Dec. 1, 1989, in Providence, R.I. after a long illness. He and his wife, Polly, had moved to Little Comp¬ton, R.I. about five…
Richard John Cowan ’42
DICK WAS killed in a one-car accident on Dec. 6, 1989, seven miles east of his ranch near Riley, Oreg. At the time of his…
Robert Norman Caine ’42
NORM DIED of cancer at his home in Pelham, N.Y., on Nov. 15, 1989. At the time of his death, he was a self-employed attorney…
Gordon Edwards Hildreth ’42
GORDY DIED on Aug. 15, 1989, in Columbus, Ohio, his lifelong hometown. At the time of his death, he was the retired president of the…
Thomas Rutter ’42
TOM RUTTER died in Medford, Oreg., on Aug. 11, 1989. He had a distinguished career in medicine, serving as director of medical affairs for the…
Edgar Pichard Smith ’42
ED DIED on Oct. 10, 1989, at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. At the time of his death, he was retired from Time, Inc…
William Alfred Eddy ’42
Bill died of a brain tumor on July 18, 1989. From beginning to end, his life was one of faith, love, courage, and humor. The…
Chandler Robbins ’42
Chan died on Apr. 22, 1989, at Whitehall Manor Nursing Home, in Hyannis, after a long illness. At the time of his death, he was…
Frederic Grater Burk Jr. ’42
Fred died in Philadelphia on Feb. 24, 1988, but we did not receive word of it until recently. At the time of his death, he…
John Grant Tritsch ’42
John died April 29, 2006, at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla. A graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School in New York, John earned honors…
Hector Wallace Griswold ’42
Hec Griswold died June 4, 2006, in Naples, Fla., following open-heart surgery. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Hec was an honors major in chemical…
Vance Wiley Torbert Jr. ’42
Vance died peacefully May 6, 2006, at his home in Dallas, Texas. He prepared at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. At Princeton he earned…
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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