MEMORIALS
George E. Ruckersfeldt ’59
George came to Princeton from West Hempstead (N.Y.) High School, where he was senior class president, president of the honor society, and captain of the…
David Crockett Reydel Sr. ’59
“Fundador” of the resurrected but short-lived Tuesday Night Euripides Club, quiet and droll, born in New York City and raised in Forest Hills, Queens, Dave…
John F. Lemen ’59
Born in Springfield, Ill., and raised in Pawnee, Ill., John prepared for Princeton at Culver Military Academy, where he was active in athletic and musical…
Edward R. Kinnebrew III ’59
Known to most at Princeton as “Butch,” Edward died July 27, 2023. Holding a well-placed reputation as a sometimes reveler, Butch was, in fact, a…
John F. Evans Jr. ’59
John died peacefully June 25, 2023, after a short battle with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dottie, and their…
Joseph Castellano ’59
Joe died March 28, 2023, in St. Johns, Fla. A graduate of A.B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y., he was a member of…
Peter C. Mohr ’58
Pete died Aug. 24, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. He was 86. He came to Princeton from Andover, where he chaired the athletic association and was…
John S. Kovach ’58
Jack died Oct. 5, 2023, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He had just turned 87. He came to Princeton from Shaker Heights High School, where he…
Ernest W. Franklin III ’58
Ernie died in Highlands, N.C., Sept. 2, 2023. He was 87. He came to Princeton from the Asheville School, where he was on the student…
Henry D. Calam ’58
Hank died Aug. 26, 2023, in Cortland Manor, N.Y. He was 86. He came to Princeton from Deerfield, where he played tennis, soccer, and basketball…
Paul E. Highberg ’57
Surrounded by the beauty of his Vermont garden and mountains, Paul died Aug. 29, 2023. He came to Princeton from Kingswood School in West Hartford…
Starr MacLeod Ford Jr. ’57
Another of the prominent doctors in our class, Starr died Aug. 1, 2023. His father was a member of the Class of 1926, and his…
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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