MEMORIALS
Robert Warren Leute Bross ’41
Robert Bross of Atlantic Beach, Fla., died Jan. 25, 2007. At Princeton he majored in modern languages and graduated with honors. Robert served 27 years…
William Hamilton Phipps ’41
Bill died Nov. 10, 2001. He came to Princeton from Northwood Academy and Lawrenceville. At college he roomed with Dave Wolcott and was on the…
Douglas Bonner Bowring ’41
Tom died on Dec. 30, 2001, in Atlanta. Born on Staten Island, he graduated from St. George's School in Newport, R.I. At Princeton, he joined…
Philip Harrison Confer ’41
Phil died Jan. 7, 2002, after a long illness. A native of Long Island, he attended St. Paul's School in Garden City, and then graduated…
Louis Apgar Pyle Jr. ’41
On Jan. 14, Lou died at home from cancer. A native of Jersey City, he prepared at Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in philosophy…
Earl I. Heenan Jr. ’41
Earl died at home on Aug. 7, 2001, from complications of cancer. A lifelong resident of Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Mich., he graduated from Detroit…
Alexander Davidson Hargrave ’41
Alex died Oct. 12, 2001, in Rochester, N.Y., of Alzheimer's disease. He graduated from Exeter. At Princeton, he majored in public and international affairs, joined…
Frank Conrad Nagel Jr. ’41
Frank died of a heart attack Sept. 4, 2001, while driving home to Malibu, Calif., after a trip East that began with our 60th reunion…
Lawrence Drake ’41
Larry died Aug. 30, 2001, in Gladwyne, Pa. Born and raised in Warrenton, Va., he prepared at St. Paul's School. His father was in the…
Shelton Pitney Jr. ’41
Shel died on Oct. 21, 2001, after a long illness. Son of Shelton Pitney '14 and grandson of Mahlon Pitney 1879, he graduated from Phillips…
Lawrence Drake ’41
Larry died Aug. 30, 2001, in Gladwyne, Pa. Born and raised in Warrenton, Va., he prepared at St. Paul's School. His father was in the…
Kenneth Baker Schley ’41
K.B. died Sept. 21, 2001. He had been ill and legally blind for more than 15 years. Although born in NYC, he grew up in…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
February 2026
Lives Lived & Lost in 2025, Saying ’yes’ to more housing; AI startup stars
Newsletters.
Get More From PAW In Your Inbox.
