MEMORIALS
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…
Robert Louis Gensler ’42
Bob, of Petaluma, Calif., died June 12, 2003, from complications of Parkinson's disease. A graduate of Newark Academy, he was an honors major in chemistry…
Ettore Howard Grassi ’42
Bud, a prominent textile executive, died April 24, 2006, in Chestertown, Md. A graduate of St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., where he was an outstanding…
John Peter Staman Jr. ’42
Jack, of Rackliff Island, Spruce Head, Maine, died from a heart attack April 10, 2006. He graduated from William Penn Charter School, where he was…
Carlos Ignacio Arcaya ’42
Belatedly the class learned that Carlos died May 21, 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela. Carlos left us in our sophomore year to return to Caracas. Since…
Stephen Crouse Hart ’42
Steve, who engaged in religious work throughout his career, died Feb. 25, 2006, at the Florida Hospital in DeLand. A graduate of Asheville (N.C.) School…
Clifford Off Jr. ’41
Cliff died Jan. 28, 2000. Cliff came to Princeton from The Gunnery. He majored in geology, was on The Tiger business board, and joined Cottage…
Richard Gerrit Poole ’41
Pickle died June 13, 2007, at his retirement home, Stonebridge, just outside Princeton. He was a graduate of the Hotchkiss School and majored in geology…
Louis Schwab ’41
Lou died Aug. 8, 2007. A native of Cincinnati, he graduated from the Walnut Hills School. At Princeton, Lou majored in chemistry and graduated with…
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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