MEMORIALS
Robert L. Spillman ’41
On Oct. 11, 1998, Bob Spillman died in his winter home in Sebring, Fla. A lifelong resident of Columbus, Ohio, he came to Princeton from…
Elbert St. K. Claire ’41
On Nov. 5, 1998, the Rev. Elbert St. Claire died of heart failure. He prepped at Lawrenceville and was the son of an Episcopal priest…
Ralph G. Hill Jr. ’41
Ralph Hill died Nov. 26, 1998, in Wyomissing, Pa., just outside Reading, where he was born. Except for the war years, he spent his entire…
Robert M. Hutchinson ’41
Robert M. "Hutch" Hutchinson died Jan. 13, 1999, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Hutch was professor emeritus of geology at Colorado School of…
John Hurst Purnell ’41
Hurst died Mar. 11, 1999, of natural causes, in Chestertown, Md. He is survived by Eleanor Clark Gummey Yerkes, whom he married in 1992. Two…
Charles Newbern Barton ’41
Worn out by aggressive cancer and its treatment, Charlie battled all the way but lost on Sept. 10, 1998. Following a family celebration for his…
Henry W. Doyle Jr. ’41
Henry Doyle died July 20, 1998, after a long siege of prostate cancer. Henry grew up in Bronxville, N.Y., and graduated from Bronxville H.S. In…
Alfred Ely Jr. ’41
Al Ely died Mar. 20, 1998. The son of Alfred Ely '05 and great-grandson of Alfred Ely 1804, he came to us from the Harvey…
Hugh George Johnson ’41
Hugh Johnson died July 5, 1998, in Vero Beach, Fla., after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Vero from Cold Spring Harbor…
James Dudley Copeland ’41
Jim Copeland died June 25, 1998, of pancreatic cancer, in Chautauqua, N.Y., where he and his wife of 52 years, Barbara, kept a summer home…
J. Laurence Hutton Jr. ’41
Laurie Hutton died Feb. 14, 1998, at Morristown [N.J.] Memorial Hospital after a long illness. His wife, Clarisse, survives in Mendham, N.J. Born in NYC…
Griswold Forbes ’41
Gris Forbes died Mar. 11, 1998, at the Danbury [Conn.] Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Martha. They had lived at "Oak Knoll" 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.
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