MEMORIALS
Harry Amerman Bliss ’41
Harry died Sept. 12, 2004. A graduate of the Nichols School in Buffalo, N.Y., he majored in chemistry at Princeton, where he was a member…
George Gordon Bonnyman ’41
Bonny died July 30, 2004, after a long illness. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., he came to Princeton from the Portsmouth Priory School. He majored…
William Elfers ’41
Bill died of a heart attack while vacationing in Oysterville, Wash., June 21, 2005. A Hotchkiss graduate, Bill was a member of Princeton's freshman 150-pound…
Richard James Morcom ’41
Dick died peacefully July 20, 2005, of leukemia and congestive heart failure. He was a graduate of Kingswood School in West Hartford, Conn. At Princeton…
Frederick Herman Bruenner ’41
Fritz died April 19, 2005, at his home in Port Washington, N.Y. He came to Princeton from the Kew Forest School. He was a history…
William James Carney ’41
Bill died April 21, 2005. A graduate of Chicago Latin School, he won honors in the Department of Economics at Princeton. He joined Cloister Inn…
Vernon Boyd Farr ’41
Vern died May 3, 2005. A graduate of the Hun School, at Princeton he majored in chemical engineering and chemistry. He played freshman football and…
Joseph Howard Marcy ’41
Joe died May 31, 2005. He prepared at Wilkinsburg (Pa.) High School. At Princeton he majored in modern languages and literature, graduating with honors. He…
Henry Luther Pitts Jr. ’41
Henry died May 6, 2005. Son of a Navy admiral, Henry grew up on a variety of bases and graduated from San Diego High School…
Joseph Potts Jr. ’41
We lost "Philadelphia" Joe Potts Feb. 28, 2005. A native of Philadelphia, he prepared at Haverford School and majored in modern languages at Princeton. A…
Frederick Herbert Hoffman Jr. ’41
Herb died Feb. 18, 2005. A lifelong native of Columbus, Ohio, he prepared at Columbus Academy. At Princeton he majored in economics and graduated with…
Howard Isherwood ’41
Ish died in Jupiter, Fla., Nov. 26, 2004. Coming to Princeton from Newark [N.J.] Academy, he majored in modern languages and joined Cannon Club. Senior…
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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