MEMORIALS
C. Frank Kireker Jr. ’39
Frank died in his sleep Sept. 6, 2006, at a nursing home in Ridgewood, N.J. He was 88. He came to us from Montclair Academy…
Oliver Howard Reeder ’39
Ollie died of pneumonia Aug. 17, 2006, at his home in Towson, Md. A chemistry major and member of Phi Beta Kappa at Princeton, he…
Henry Lawton Wightman Jr. ’39
Hank died peacefully Oct. 25, 2006, at his home in Wimberly, Texas. A member of Terrace Club at Princeton, he majored in politics and participated…
Robert Henry Dicke ’39
When Bob died Mar. 4, 1997, of complications from Parkinson's disease, we lost a most distinguished classmate, and the world of science lost a widely…
John Wheaton Mayers ’39
Jack died Mar. 10, 1997, in Atlanta, after carrying on with never a complaint through three years of kidney dialysis complicated by vascular problems. He…
Thomas Kirby Roche ’39
Tom died Feb. 12, 1997, at his home in Muttontown, N.Y. He had been involved in the practice of law in NYC and Washington, D.C…
Philip Russell Warner ’39
Phil died Dec. 18, 1996, in Ft. Myers, Fla., at a hospital near his residence at Shell Point Village Retirement Home. He had had a…
William Crocker Parsons ’39
Bill died suddenly, apparently of a stroke, on Dec. 13, 1996, at his new home in Ardmore Pa., to which he had moved only six…
Henry David Richardson ’39
Henry died May 26, 1996, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., where he had lived since his retirement in 1972. A longtime resident of Summit, N.J…
Thomas Gaynor Blake ’39
Gaynor died of an aneurysm Aug. 28, 1996, at a hospital in St. Louis County, Mo., where he had lived for many years. Founder and…
Frederick Osann Jr. ’39
Fred died of a heart attack while in recovery following surgery in Detroit on Sept. 4, 1996. He had retired in 1978 as v.p., manufacturing…
Frederick Lawrence Redpath ’39
Bud died May 22, 1996, one day after being injured in an automobile accident near Princeton. News of his death was reported in the July…
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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