MEMORIALS
John L. Frothingham ’40 *41
The New Canaan (Conn.) Advertiser described Frots, who died Sept. 25, 2006, at his home, as “a chemical engineer, who worked on the early development…
Gordon R. Mosher ’40
Gordon died Sept. 24, 2006, at his home in Katonah, N.Y. “Murph,” as some knew him, graduated from Fieldstone School in Toronto, Canada. At Princeton…
Leonard Shirley ’40
LEN SHIRLEY DIED of lung cancer in New Bern, N.C., Aug. 6, 1993, just one week after the death of his wife of 44 years…
James Benjamin Townsend ’40
RETIRED PROFESSOR of English literature at SUNY-Buffalo Ben Townsend died Dec. 13, 1993. A multifaceted scholar, Ben was published widely on art and literary topics…
David Douglas Wicks ’40
THE REALM of secondary education was the centerpiece in the professional life of Dave Wicks, who died unexpectedly at his Westport Point, Mass., home July…
Thomas Robert Wilcox ’40
DEVOTION TO Princeton and the Class of 1940 were of significant import to Tom Wilcox, who died at his Shelter Island, N.Y., home July 19…
Louis Osborne Coxe ’40
A LONG ORDEAL with Alzheimer's disease ceased May 25, 1993, for our noted educator and poet, Louis Coxe. He is survived by his widow, Edith…
Joseph Napoleon Dubarry IV ’40
ON MAY 7, 1993, Joe died after a long and confining illness at his home in Bryn Mawr, Penn. Son of Joseph N. DuBarry '14…
Edwin Tunnicliff Fox Jr. ’40
TUNNIE Fox died in Richmond, Va., Aug. 15, 1992. Son of Edwin Tunnicliff Fox '10, he grew tip in the N.Y.C.Long Island area and came…
Robert Charles Fox ’40
THE DEATH OF Bob Fox, from cancer, on Aug. 27, 1992 at Newport Beach, Calif., marks the loss of an engaging and wellliked 1940 figure…
Robert Lyle Rinehart ’40
RETIRED ARMY OFFICER Bob Rinehart died of cancer July 28, 1992, in Montgomery, Ala. Son of Robert E. Rinehart'04, he is Survived by his widow…
Walter Russell Sparks ’40
BRIGANIINE, NJ, RESIDENT Walt Sparks died June 30, 1992, at Atlantic City Hospital, after suffering a heart attack on the gulf Course. Classmate Bill Pugh…
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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