MEMORIALS
Carl Augustus Beck ’39
Carl died peacefully in his sleep June 18, 1996, at his home in St. Davids, Pa. An unusually active and energetic man, Carl not only…
Edward Walker Givens ’39
Only recently we learned that Ed died in Aug. 1994. His mind had been failing for several years, and when his wife died in 1993…
Ronald Fitz-randolph Sheppard ’39
After nearly two years of struggle against the effects of a stroke suffered in 1994, Ron died Feb. 21, 1996, at Cincinnati's Drake Special Care…
Donald Bryce Heard ’39
Don died Apr. 28, 1996, after a valiant and determined fight against Parkinson's disease. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, he entered college from Shadyside Academy…
Wolford Kraybill ’39
Kray died Oct. 11, 1995, at a nursing center near his home in Newmanstown, Penn., where he had been under care as an Alzheimer's patient…
Richard Paul Morten ’39
Dick died Oct. 11, 1995, in a Florence, S.C., hospital following several years of severe setbacks to his general health and mobility, which finally confined…
John Paulding Meade ’39
Johnny died Mar. 1, 1995, in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Although he lived in the hills of northern Westchester, John was a sailor at heart, devoted…
Standish Montgomery Douglas ’39
Mont died Aug. 1994 at a hospital near the nursing home in Hollywood, Fla., where he had been living since 1991. Mont spent the first…
Charles Townsend Jr. ’39
Charlie died of a heart attack June 27, 1995, while walking from the Princeton Club of N.Y.C. to Grand Central Station on his way home…
Woodruff Barnes Johnson ’39
Woody died Feb. 18, 1995, in Washington, Penn. where he had lived all his life. He came to Princeton with from the Hill School, majored…
Whitman Ridgway ’39
A third-generation Princetonian, Whit died Feb. 19, 1995, at his home in Schenectady, N.Y. There, he had been associated with GE since receiving his M.S…
Albert Boyd Sharp ’39
Al died Jan. 19, 1995, in Sarasota where he and his wife, Mary, had lived for the past nine years following his retirement from 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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