MEMORIALS
James William Boyd ’39
Jim died Feb. 14, 2000, in his Addison, Ill., home. He was a surgeon at the Elmhurst Clinic, a suburban multispecialty medical group of which…
Stuart Dubois Cowan ’39
Pioneer amateur radio operator, marketing executive, publisher, and writer, Stu died Nov. 15, 1999, at Concord Hospital, near his home in Henniker, N.H., where he…
John Thurston Beaty ’39
Jack died Nov. 12, 1999, in Waynesville, N.C., where he had built a home in the Great Smoky Mountains in 1991 upon retiring from his…
Charles Augustus Broad ’39
Chuck died Oct. 3, 1999, at his home in Milwaukee. Peggy, his wife of 55 years, and all six of their children were with him…
Walter Ashton Lee ’39
Ash died Oct. 23, 1999, in Dillon, Colo., while drinking a martini at the Yacht Club banquet. Denver had been home to him ever since…
Karl Mensch Waage ’39
Distinguished paleontologist and former director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale, Karl died Oct. 18, 1999. He earned his master's and PhD…
Alexander Dallas Wainwright ’39
Alec died Jan. 5, 2000, in Hightstown, N.J., where he had been living following his long career as a librarian, almost all of it on…
William Rowley Bishop Jr. ’39
Bill died Jan. 1, 2007, in Reading (Pa.) Hospital. He was a resident of the Highlands at Wyomissing, Pa., having recently moved there from his…
Robert Pease Smith ’39
Bob died in Clermont, Fla., Jan. 19, 2007, after a long and distinguished medical career. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1943. After an…
Elkan Rogers Blout ’39
Elkan died of pneumonia Dec. 20, 2006, in Boston. After leaving Princeton, completing his Ph.D. at Columbia, and then doing postdoctoral research at Harvard, he…
Fredrick Reinhardt Snyder ’39
Fred died Oct. 21, 2006, at Reading (Pa.) Hospital after suffering a sudden, massive cranial bleed. Although he had diabetes for several years, he was…
Charles Dana Burke ’39
Burkie died peacefully after a long illness Dec. 12, 2006, in Longwood, Fla. He had moved there after living in Punta Gorda, Fla., for 33…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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