MEMORIALS
Alexander Anastasios Notopoulos ’38
Alec Notopoulos, respected Altoona, Penn., lawyer, died July 22, 1995, at his home in Hollidaysburg, Penn. Widowed when his wife, Christine, passed away in 1994…
Cassel Rudolph Ruhlman Jr. ’38
Cassel Ruhlman died June 3, 1995, at home in Sun City West, Ariz., where he and his wife, Edith, had moved in 1988. He came…
Rodman O. C. Matheny Jr. ’38
Rod Matheny, investment banker and broker, whose father was a member of '09, died Feb. 6, 1995, in his hometown of Springfield, Ill. Rod majored…
John Hibben Grier Scoon ’38
John Scoon, grandson of Princeton's 14th president, John G. Hibben, and son of Robert M. Scoon, chairman of the philosophy dept. in our day, died…
John Henry Vruwink ’38
John Vruwink died at home in Bellevue, Wash., May 26, 1995, after a courageous two-year battle with cancer. He prepared at Albany Academy. At Princeton…
Robert V. Elder ’38
BOB ELDER of Brunswick, Maine, and Bristol, R.I., died July 29, 1993, from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. He had lived in Bristol for many years…
Nathan Ford Jones ’38
Nate died Sept. 19, 2006, at his home in Upper Montclair, N.J. He prepared at Monroe High School in Rochester, N.Y., where he was a…
Jere Wescott Patterson ’38
Word has just been received that Jere died April 1, 2006. Jere prepared at Chicago Latin School and studied abroad under a tutor. At Princeton…
Charles Rolfe Stevens ’38
Charles Stevens died Aug. 14, 2006. Graveside services were held at Fort Logan National Cemetery outside Denver Aug. 21. Chuck, as he was known, prepared…
Robert Clarence Walden Jr. ’38
Bob died Aug. 18, 2006. At Princeton Bob majored in chemistry, earning departmental honors his junior year, and was a member of Elm Club. After…
Jack Hamilton Butcher ’38
JACK BUTCHER loved life and lived it to the fullest, whether in his successful manufacturing operations with Butcher & Hart in Toledo and Altoona, Penn…
S. Lester Block ’38
WITH THE PASSING of Lester Block Sept. 1, 1993, the class has lost one of its most loyal and distinguished classmates. Lester's keen intellect was…
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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