MEMORIALS
Harry H. Schwartz ’37
SEASONED DIPLOMAT of the Foreign Service and Department of State, and sailor, Harry Schwartz died of pneumonia Feb. 15, 1991, leaving his widow, Maria; four…
John S. Blay ’37
JACK BLAY's illustrious career in writing, editing, picture editing, and book and typographical design ended with his death Oct. 19, 1991, leaving behind his wife…
Samuel K. George III ’37
ORNITHOLOGIST AND PUCKISH, avid Princetonian, though graduating from Franklin and Marshall in 1939, Sam George died Sept. 4, 1991, when he fell off a ladder…
Dr. B. Robert Miller ’37
BRILLIANT GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIST and neurologist Bob Miller died July 7, 1991, leaving his wife, Shirley, two daughters, two sons, and six grandchildren. Bob went to…
Dr. W. Samuel Robinson ’37
GASTROENTEROLOGIST SAM ROBINSON died Aug. 6, 1991, of myelogenous leukemia, leaving his wife, Kelsey, three children, and five grandsons, At Montgomery School Sam was on…
Donald B. Creecy Jr. ’37
BRILLIANT, RETICENT Don Creecy died of a stroke May 15, 1991, in Florida, where he was vacationing. He was a native of Baltimore and graduated…
E. Herbert Waentig ’37
ONLY CHILD AND BACHELOR Herb Waentig, with a distinguished 27year career at McGrawHill, died May 6, 1991, in Yucatan of cardiac arrest. At Poly Prep…
Nicholas H. Larzelere ’37
NICK LARZELERE DIED Mar. 3, 1991, of emphysema, leaving a daughter Nancy Puff of Mission Hills, Kan. and a son Townley of El Dorado Hills…
William Benedict Johnson ’37
CHEMICAL ENGINEER, inventor, world traveler Ben Johnson died in England Feb. 3, 1991, of leukemia. Ben came to us from Hotchkiss, where he featured football…
Herbert W. Backes Jr. ’37
ENTHUSIASTIC PRINCETONIAN, muchdecorated U. Col. Herb Backes died Feb. 13, 1991, of lung cancer in Lambertville, NJ. At Andover Herb was on the wrestling and…
Theodore H. Conderman ’37
JOVIAL, ACTIVE Princetonian and reuner, insurance man Ted Conderman died Jan. 14, 1991, of a stroke. Ted came to us from St. George's, where he…
A. Hawthorne Davidson ’37
TEX DAVIDSON, born in Dallas, theological scholar and exMarine, died Nov. 9, 1990, at home in Laurens, S.C., of heart failure. He left his widow…
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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