MEMORIALS
Bernard Herman Ridder Jr. ’38
Bernie died at his home in San Mateo, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2002. He was born in NYC, where the Ridder family interest in newspapers…
Hans Gottfried Schleicher ’38
Hans, or "Baldy," died in his sleep on Jan. 25, 2002, after a long battle with Parkinson's. He came to Princeton from Andover and Woodstock…
Frederick Cromwell Field Jr. ’38
Fred, or "Beaver," died Mar. 18, 2002, at his longtime home in Greenville, Del. He prepared at Germantown Academy, William Penn Charter School, and Blair…
Richard Dowling Thomson ’38
Dick died Nov. 1, 2001, at his home in Haverford, Pa. He attended Penn Charter School and Lawrenceville. At Princeton, Dick won numerals in freshman…
Colin Campbell Reid ’38
Colin died on Nov. 24, 2001. At Princeton he majored — brilliantly — in chemistry. He graduated with high honors, won the George A. Howe…
George Blaikie Ross ’38
George died on Feb. 18, 2001. He came to Princeton from Gilman, majored in history, and won a letter as a member of the varsity…
Theodore Ridgway Jaeckel ’38
Ted died May 22, 2002, at the Princeton Medical Center. He was born in Stettin, Germany, in 1915, the son of Foreign Service officer Theodore…
Harold Kenneth Fink ’38
Ken died July 9, 2001, in Parkland, Fla., after a lengthy illness. After preparing at Horace Mann in NYC, he majored in biology at Princeton…
Robert Burnett Failey Jr. ’38
Bob died March 22, 2007, at his home. He was born March 24, 1915, in Indianapolis and attended the Orchard School, Shortridge High School, and…
Thomas Weber ’38
Thomas Weber died Sept. 10, 2006, at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, he lived in the Metuchen-Edison area from 1951 until…
William Bradford Craig ’38
Brad died Nov. 8, 2001, of Alzheimer's. Last June he received our class Distinguished Service Award. Brad prepared at Kent. At Princeton he was on…
James Dennis Ewing ’38
Jim died Jan. 21, 2002, in Keene, N.H., after a brief illness. At Princeton, he played baseball, hockey, and squash, was an honors graduate in…
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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