MEMORIALS
Everett Josiah Higbee Jr. ’39
Hig died of a cerebral hemorrhage Oct. 15, 2001, at Atlantic City Hospital near his home in Smithville, N.J. Though born in Atlantic City, Hig…
Harris Metcalf ’39
Ace died Oct. 17, 2001, at home in Vero Beach, Fla., of lung cancer. After he retired in 1979 as a marine underwriter with the…
Archibald Coleman Rogers ’39 *42
When Archie died Dec. 6, 2001, of complications from a stroke, we lost a distinguished classmate who was an outstanding member of the architectural profession…
Alan Perine White ’39
Al died Jan. 6, 2002, in Springfield, Va., of liver disease brought on by Hepatitis C, which he contracted in Mogadishu, Somalia, during his final…
Raleigh Hansl Jr. ’39
Butts died Oct. 2, 2001, at a nursing home in Denver, a victim of Alzheimer's disease. A longtime resident of Potomac, Md., Butts gave up…
Robert Joseph Sullivan ’39
Sully died of cancer Nov. 21, 2001, at the Medical Center at Princeton. He never lost his sense of humor, honed in his days as…
Wolfgang Joseph Thron ’39
Wolf died of emphysema on Aug. 21, 2001, in Boulder, Colo., his home since 1954. He was professor of mathematics at the U. of Colorado…
Thomas Allsopp ’39
Tom died Sept. 13, 2001, in Mashpee, Mass. A malignant brain tumor had been discovered in June, but he was back home recovering when he…
Howard Lincoln Klein ’39
Long a resident of West Hartford, Conn., Howie died at Hartford Hospital Aug. 7, 2001. Always a loyal Princetonian, he was a past president of…
John Brayton Johnson ’39
After months of struggle to recover from abdominal surgery, Johnny died at his home in Watertown, N.Y., on May 2, 2001. He had been chairman…
Edgar Clark Davis ’39
Ned died at his home in Upper Saddle River, N.J., on June 1, 2001. He prepared for Princeton at Taft School and for his entire…
Elisha Pearis Douglass ’39
"E.P." died Apr. 12, 2001, in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he had lived since 1958. Writing in our 50th book, he referred to his failing…
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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