MEMORIALS
Herman Albert Schmitz ’39
Herm died Sept. 10, 2007, at the Kindred Acute Care Center in Wayne, N.J. He suffered from Alzheimer's for a long time, but that did…
Willam Alexander Adams ’39
Bill died of pulmonary edema March 20, 2007, at Northridge Hospital in Northridge, Calif. A physics major, Bill did postgraduate work in guided-missile and digital…
John Ogden Nelson ’39
John died June 24, 2005, at his home in Boulder, Colo., after a long illness. He was 88. One of the large Lawrenceville contingent in…
Stephen Jeffris Pierpont Wood ’39
Woody, who lived in Highland Beach, Fla., died Sept. 22, 2005, in Cannes, France. Also known to us as P.J., he came to Princeton from…
Robert Sutherland Cook Jr. ’39
Sud died of congestive heart failure Aug. 14, 2005, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, his lifetime home. He was surrounded by his wife, four daughters, and…
Morris Mather Jr. ’39
Morrie died June 17, 2005, in Hinsdale, Ill., where he lived throughout his career. Before his retirement in 1972, he was in investment banking with…
William Henry Wilson Jr. ’39
Bill died of cancer Aug. 16, 2005, in Baltimore, Md., where he had long been active in church work and community affairs, including the Boy…
Lawrence Henry Galloway ’39
Larry died April 27, 2005, near his Barrington, Ill., home. Easter week, he suffered a massive stroke while in Arizona, which robbed him of his…
John Frenzel Cline ’39
John died in his sleep July 24, 2004, at White Plains [N.Y.] Hospital, following a bad fall July 21. John had lived in nearby Scarsdale…
William Burgoyne Nichols ’39
Belatedly we learned that Bill died Dec. 4, 2002. We have no way of knowing the cause or the circumstances. When we last heard from…
Joseph Burchfield Cartwright ’39
Burch died Sept. 14, 2005, at his home in East Liverpool, Ohio, where he had been a lifelong resident and civic leader. During World War…
Robert Dale Gilliam ’39
Bob died suddenly and unexpectedly March 22, 2005, in Florence, Ore. An ophthalmologist, he received his medical degree from Temple University in 1945. As a…
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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