MEMORIALS
John Calvin Lair ’38
Jack died of pneumonia Aug. 18, 1999, in Cynthiana, Kent. In 1988, Jack wrote that in his "not quite two years at Princeton, '38 supplied…
Charles Augustin Powers ’38
Charlie died at his home in Vero Beach on June 4, 2000, of heart failure. Charlie came to Princeton from Lawrenceville. He was Eastern Intercollegiate…
Charles Wilmot Williams ’38
Chuck died on May 28 of lung disease complications in Southfield, Mich. At Princeton, he majored and graduated with highest honors in mechanical engineering. He…
Morris S. Emory ’38
Mouse died on Mar. 3 in Haverford, Pa., after declining in health in recent years. Having spent his life "behind the eight ball," he always…
John Gedroice Powers ’38
John died Sept. 2, 1999, of complications arising from cancer of the tongue. He was born in Mount Vernon and graduated from Pleasantville H.S., both…
Thomas Bitting Foster ’38
Tom died Dec. 25, 1999, in Seattle, of prostate cancer. He prepared at Penn Charter, where he was active in football, track, and debating. At…
Albert Bates Wenzell ’38
Al died on Jan. 2, 2000, in Burlingame, Calif., near his longtime home in Hillsborough. Born in Philadelphia on May 16, 1916, he prepared for…
John Arnot Wilson ’38
John, founder of a law firm with an extensive practice in California's high-tech Silicon Valley, died at his home in Portola Valley on Dec. 15…
Merle Lawrence ’38 *41
The class lost a distinguished member with Merle's death from heart failure Jan. 29, 2007. He was 91. Merle graduated from the Peddie School. He…
Craig Hugh Smyth ’38 *56
Craig died of a heart attack Dec. 22, 2006, in Cresskill, N.J. He attended Hotchkiss School and majored in classics at Princeton, where he was…
John Carey Appel ’38
When Jack died last July 15, his family held what his son Steve called "A celebration of a long and happy life lived to the…
John William Bitner ’38
Air Force brigadier general Jack Bitner died of leukemia on Aug. 13, 1999. At Princeton, he was a geology major, cheerleader, manager of the hockey…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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