MEMORIALS
Richard I. Purnell ’40
"Don't worry about me; I've had a great ride." Those were our class president's last words to his rector before he died Oct. 21, 2003…
David Robbins Coffin ’40 *54
From the Princeton Office of Communications came the following: "David Coffin, a longtime faculty member in Princeton's Art and Archaeology Dept. who influenced generations of…
Lester Scott Kafer Jr. ’40
Alumni Records recently received word that Um and his wife, Martha, had both died; he on May 31, 1998. We truly regret the interval of…
Harry Ellsworth Newman Jr. ’40
Harry died Aug. 8, 2003, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center. He prepared at Lakewood [N.J.] HS and Peddie. His father, Harry E. Newman 1904…
Edward L. Stanley ’40 *47
It seems such a short while ago that Ed was anticipating another productive sugaring season from his Pennsylvania maple trees and another vigorous hike in…
Lawrence K. Sweeney ’40
"The Lion" died Sept. 9, 2003, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. His lifelong athletic pursuits were dampened in recent years but, ever the optimist, he said, "I…
Charles Brown Anderson ’40
Chiz died Aug. 17, 2003. Thirteen honorary pallbearers for this former class officer and lifelong supporter of Princeton included Bob Marshall, Ray Schweizer, Harry Turner…
Herbert Epstein ’40
These are the words of old friend George Hamid: "Herb, known to his friends as Hyp, left us Aug. 8, 2003. His nickname resulted from…
John Conrad Meyerholz ’40
John died June 11, 2003, in Palm Bay, Fla., after a remarkably varied career in law and finance. He prepared at Pingry School. At Princeton…
Hugh Eberhardt Petersen ’40
"Civic leader poured heart, soul into Santa Barbara," "man of the decade," and "consummate gentleman" were among phrases used in a page-one article about Hugh…
Albert Croll Ivins Defriez ’40
At Harvard, the Gordon Hall flag flew at half-mast following Ivy's death on Apr. 13, 2003, a rare honor for a non-Harvard Medical School graduate…
Van Santvoord Merle-smith Jr. ’40
Pat died in Bethlehem June 1, 2003. He would have liked the sound of that, even if it was Bethlehem, Pa. He prepared at The…
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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