MEMORIALS
William Crocker Parsons ’39
Bill died suddenly, apparently of a stroke, on Dec. 13, 1996, at his new home in Ardmore Pa., to which he had moved only six…
Henry David Richardson ’39
Henry died May 26, 1996, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., where he had lived since his retirement in 1972. A longtime resident of Summit, N.J…
Thomas Gaynor Blake ’39
Gaynor died of an aneurysm Aug. 28, 1996, at a hospital in St. Louis County, Mo., where he had lived for many years. Founder and…
Frederick Osann Jr. ’39
Fred died of a heart attack while in recovery following surgery in Detroit on Sept. 4, 1996. He had retired in 1978 as v.p., manufacturing…
Frederick Lawrence Redpath ’39
Bud died May 22, 1996, one day after being injured in an automobile accident near Princeton. News of his death was reported in the July…
Carl Augustus Beck ’39
Carl died peacefully in his sleep June 18, 1996, at his home in St. Davids, Pa. An unusually active and energetic man, Carl not only…
Edward Walker Givens ’39
Only recently we learned that Ed died in Aug. 1994. His mind had been failing for several years, and when his wife died in 1993…
Ronald Fitz-randolph Sheppard ’39
After nearly two years of struggle against the effects of a stroke suffered in 1994, Ron died Feb. 21, 1996, at Cincinnati's Drake Special Care…
Donald Bryce Heard ’39
Don died Apr. 28, 1996, after a valiant and determined fight against Parkinson's disease. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, he entered college from Shadyside Academy…
Wolford Kraybill ’39
Kray died Oct. 11, 1995, at a nursing center near his home in Newmanstown, Penn., where he had been under care as an Alzheimer's patient…
Richard Paul Morten ’39
Dick died Oct. 11, 1995, in a Florence, S.C., hospital following several years of severe setbacks to his general health and mobility, which finally confined…
John Paulding Meade ’39
Johnny died Mar. 1, 1995, in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Although he lived in the hills of northern Westchester, John was a sailor at heart, devoted…
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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