MEMORIALS
John Wellmer Hanson ’39
JOHN DIED of lymphoma May 8, 1990, at his home in Huntington, L.I. At the time of his death he was still active in the…
Herrick Kidder Allen ’39
KIDDER DIED Jan. 14, 1990, after a long illness. In spite of deteriorating health last year, he was determined to be with us for our…
Howard Wellington Stepp ’39
HOWIE, our honorary classmate, coach, mentor, and friend, died on Aug. 30, 1989. He had been in failing health after he suffered a stroke several…
Herman William Melum ’39
BILL DIED on July 31, 1989, in St. Simons Island, Ga., where he had lived since he retired in 1974 as V.P. of the First…
David Mahon Craig ’39
Dave died of heart failure on June 25, 1989, at Shadyside Hospital, in Pittsburgh. A native of that city, Dave spent most of his career…
Paul Henry Ringer Jr. ’39
Paul died on Mar. 27, 1989, at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., where he had lived since he retired as a general surgeon. In retirement, he had…
Robert Bach ’39
After a long illness, Bob died at his home in Manhattan on May 15, 1989. For three decades, he was a partner in the investment-banking…
M. Scott Chapin ’39
Scott died Dec. 13, 2005, in La Mesa, Calif. Scott entered Princeton with us and was with us until the end of his junior year…
Cornelius John Tyson Jr. ’39
Jack died peacefully March 9, 2006, in Manhattan, where he had maintained a private practice in internal medicine for 52 years. He received his medical…
Kent Pettit Cooper ’39
Kent died Jan. 20, 2006, in Rockport, Maine, where he had been living under the care of his daughter, Sally Ann '84, and his sons…
Richard Wallace Murrie ’39
On March 6, 2006, Dick died peacefully after a long illness. He was 88. One of the large contingent in our class from the Lawrenceville…
Karl Beckwith Smith Jr. ’39
K.B. died Jan. 28, 2006, in Sanibel, Fla., just two weeks short of his 90th birthday. He was widely recognized as the longest living survivor…
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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