MEMORIALS
Lawrence Adams Baker Jr. ’39
Larry died April 28, 2006, at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. Larry served in the Army during World War II. During his service, he…
James Myers Finch Jr. ’39
Jim died May 4, 2006, at Whitney Center in Hamden, Conn. A retired official of the New Haven Railroad, Jim was a railroad buff all…
Robert Haskins ’39 *40
Bob died April 17, 2006. A native of Richmond, he received bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from Princeton and went on to earn a…
David Gulick Nes ’39
Dave died of cancer May 27, 2006, at his Owings Mills, Md., home. Dave had a spectacular career as a State Department officer. But first…
J. Layng Martine ’39
Layng died peacefully June 27, 2006, in Greenwich, Conn. He was 87. He came to us from Columbia High School in South Orange, N.J., where…
Howell Webb ’39
HOWELL DIED of cancer Oct. 2, 1993. One of the first five students in Princeton's divisional program in Humanities, his degree was in English and…
Thomas Fowler Maurice ’39
TOM DIED of a heart attack Nov. 3, 1993, at his home in Aiken, S.C. On the weekend just before his death, he traveled to…
William Arthur Ely Jr. ’39
BILL DIED IN Nov. 1980, but where and under what circumstances we do not know. He had been on our address unknown list since 1964…
John Wingo Knowles ’39
RETIRED LAWYER and jurist, Wingo died Sept. 25, 1993, in Richmond, where he had lived all his life. In Richmond, he spent almost 17 years…
George William Dalton Jr. ’39
LAST HEARD FROM at the time of our 40th reunion, Bill died in Nov. 1990 in St. Augustine, Fla. "We learned this from his brother…
Grandin Wise ’39
GRANDY LOST his long struggle against Parkinson's disease on July 3, 1993, but he never lost the generous, enthusiastic spirit that was a hallmark of…
Elwin James Salter ’39
EL, WHO DIED June 25, 1993, of gastric cancer, once wrote, "If your life work is interesting and you have a good family, you have…
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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