MEMORIALS
Philip Holt Lowry ’39
Phil died Feb. 28, 1998, of emphysema at his home in McLean, Va. At the time he retired he had spent 31 years in military…
Ralph Borden Jackson ’39
Jack died Mar. 15, 1998, at his home in Godfrey, Ill., after a brief illness. From 1952 until his retirement in 1971 when his school…
Edward James Beattie Jr. ’39
Leading chest surgeon, lung cancer specialist, and medical educator long affiliated with Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center and Beth Israel Medical Center, Ted died Feb. 27…
Charles Foster Limberg ’39
On Dec. 28, 1997, after a long bout of illness, Charlie died at the Mari de Villa Retirement Home in West St. Louis, Mo. Until…
Nelson Whitman ’39
Neil died Dec. 15, 1997, at his home in East Falmouth, Mass., after a brief illness. A lifelong research chemist, he began his career at…
Albert Edward Rising Jr. ’39
Al died at his home in Brightwaters, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1997. A consulting metallurgist and petroleum geologist, he earned his doctorate in engineering at Yale…
Kenneth Alexander Burgess ’39
Ken died Aug. 25, 1997, at Delaware Valley Medical Center near his home in Morrisville, Pa., where he lived most of his life. Having majored…
Joseph Robert Fox ’39
Bob died Aug. 7, 1997, in Dover, Del., his home ever since he set up his medical practice there in 1951. Although Bob majored in…
Albert Louis Butler Jr. ’39
Al died May 7, 1997, in Winston-Salem, where he had lived all his life--a life he devoted to making his hometown a better place. In…
Sandford Garland Etherington Jr. ’39
After a brief illness, Sandy died May 20, 1997, of complications from pneumonia and a heart attack. Sandy saw action with the armored forces for…
Thomas Harry Taylor ’39
Only weeks after he was admitted to the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown, Pa., where he had long been seeking a retirement apartment, Tom died May…
Francis Andrew Ambrose ’39
Frank died Oct. 10, 2006, at his home in Lincoln Park, N.J. After graduating from Temple University Medical School, Frank settled in Paterson, N.J. He…
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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