MEMORIALS
John R. Lauritzen ’40
John died at his Omaha, Neb., home on July 21, 2000, from health problems stemming from a stroke in 1996. John was a native of…
Paul Ewers Machemer ’40
Paul died Oct. 24, 1999, of multiple myeloma at the age of 80 in Camden, Maine. Born in West Virginia, he spent his early years…
Robert B. Duffield ’40
Bob died at his home in Norwood, Colo., on Dec. 26, 2000, after a brief illness with acute leukemia. He prepared at Asbury Park H.S…
Joseph G. Engel ’40
We regret the time lapse in honoring Joe, who died May 7, 2000. He prepped at Pingry School, and as an alumnus he was a…
Irving Avard Meeker ’40
"Bud" died at home on Feb. 12, 2000, surrounded by his loving family. He underwent the removal of a brain tumor 40 years ago, and…
Edwin R. Taradash ’40
Edd died on Dec. 31, 1998, at his home in Upper Saddle River, N.J., from complications of Parkinson's disease. He prepared at Phillips Academy, following…
Roger A. Calsibet ’40
Roger died at home in Davidson, N.C., on Nov. 14, 2000. His wife of 58 years, Shirley Maud Harris, was to outlive him by just…
Richard E. Kobilak ’40
Our class lost a "true gentleman" on Apr. 21, 2000. Dick was born in Brooklyn, went to high school in Flushing, became an Eagle Scout…
Spencer Lawton ’40
The memorial for Spence by the St. Andrew's Society of Savannah might have put it best: "In Atlanta on Nov. 1, 1999, after a long…
Peter Paige ’40
From the Long Island Advance: "The flags flew at half mast last week [July 21, 2000] over the Bellport Fire House, the Bellport Yacht Club…
Philip Olcott Stearns ’40
Phil died Feb. 11, 2000. He prepared at The Brooks School and at Princeton he lettered in the 150-lb crew, of which he was captain…
John Thomas Pittenger ’40
John Pittenger died Sept. 20, 2000, after an extended illness. After attending Kiski, he graduated in our class with a degree in physics. He was…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
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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