MEMORIALS
Richard B. DiFedele ’71
We lost our most affable and respected classmate Rich Jan. 31, 2025. He died on his beloved boat, Breakaway, anchored in Longboat Key, Fla. He…
George Wells McMurray II ’66
Wells died April 28, 2025, after a long battle with the effects of prostate cancer. Wells followed his father, George Wells McMurray ’36, to Princeton…
Philip J. Moorad Jr. ’65
Phil died Aug. 13, 2022, in Helotes, Texas, where he had lived for the past 45 years, of a glioblastoma. He was surrounded by his…
Melvin M. Masuda ’65
Mel died March 19, 2025, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born in Puunene, Hawaii, and attended Roosevelt High School there. At Princeton, he was in…
John F. Andrews ’65
John, a renowned scholar devoted to deepening public appreciation of Shakespeare, died of a rare blood cancer May 4, 2025, surrounded by family at his…
Thomas B. Young ’64
Tom died April 23, 2025. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and raised in Cadiz, Ohio, where he was valedictorian of his high school class…
Peter B. Polatin ’64
After a long and varied career as a psychiatrist, Peter died Aug. 17, 2024, from immune-deficient pneumonia. Coming to Princeton from Riverdale Country School, he…
Stephen P. Elliott ’64
Steve died Feb. 3, 2024, in Greenwich, Conn., surrounded by his family. He graduated from The Hill School in 1959, where he played basketball, baseball…
David V. Milligan ’62
Dave died May 9, 2025, at home in Monterey, Calif. He came to us from Evanston High School. He ate at Quadrangle Club and majored…
Michael S. Mathews ’62
Mike died May 17, 2025, at Princeton Medical Center of acute respiratory failure. He came to us from Columbus Academy, where he was president of…
Christopher L. Perry ’61
Chris died April 7, 2025, at Country House in Greenville, Del., following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. A third-generation Princetonian, he was born in…
John Bradford McCobb Jr. ’61
John died Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C., his home for many years. Born in Orange and growing up in Westfield, N.J., he came to…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
January 2026
Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.
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