MEMORIALS
Henry Evans Clay Johnson ’36
Clay died Apr. 24, 2001, at his Lookout Mountain, Tenn., home. He was 89. A graduate of Hotchkiss, he joined Cap and Gown. He left…
John Anthony Strazza ’36
Jack died May 14, 2001. He was 86. A graduate of Bloomfield [N.J.] HS in 1933, he transferred from Georgetown to Princeton, where he majored…
Carl Williams Peterson ’36
Pete died of cancer on July 25, 2001. He came to Princeton from Central HS in Scranton, Pa. Pete majored in chemical engineering and was…
Willis Frederick Loeffel ’36 *37
Bill died June 19, 2001. He was 86. He prepared at Dickinson HS in Jersey City, N.J. At Princeton he received two degrees, graduating with…
Cadwallader Benedict ’36
Ben died at age 87 in Wilmington, N.C., June 5, 2001. For most of his adult life he lived in North Carolina. He prepared at…
Edward Powell Thomson Watson ’36
Ed died Mar. 21, 2001; he was 87. His father, Dr. Charles R. Watson, was founder and president of the American U. in Cairo, Egypt…
John Kinsley Best ’36
"Jake" died Feb. 19, 2001. After Princeton he received his law degree in 1941 from Fordham U. In 1968, NYU granted him a degree of…
David Holt Winton ’36
Dave died Apr. 3, 2001, of Alzheimer's disease. He was associated with the insurance brokerage firm of Johnson and Higgins for 40 years, retiring as…
Leon John Heuser ’36
Lee, of Robbinsville, N.J., and Tubac, Ariz., died Dec. 8, 2000. He was 85. He prepared at Montclair Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemistry…
Howard Sumner Holmes ’36
Howard of Ann Arbor, Mich., died Jan. 3, 2001. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. He left Princeton after his freshman year and followed his…
H. Vinton Coes ’36
Vint, 87, died at home in Sussex, N.J., on Jan. 28, 2001. A graduate of Montclair [N.J.] H.S., at Princeton he majored in biology. In…
Samuel Boyer Davis ’36
"Bogey" died Nov. 6, 2000. He prepared at St. Mark's School. At Princeton he majored in political science and was a member of Cottage Club…
Memorial PAWcasts
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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