MEMORIALS
Joseph Doyle ’37
EDUCATOR and quick wit Joe Doyle died at home peacefully on Dec. 2, 1989, leaving his widow Kathy, daughter Valentine, son Allen, and two grandchildren…
Peter Rutter ’37
PETER RUTTER, diplomat of the winsome sense of humor and descendant of Thomas Rutter, Pennsylvania's first ironmaster, died Nov. 20, 1989, after a long bout…
Andrew M. Campbell ’37
FRIENDLY, loyal Princetonian and surgeon Andy Campbell died on Oct. 30, 1989, of prostate cancer. At Polytech, he was on the football, swimming, and track…
Henry E. Griffith ’37
Plastic-packaging expert and ardent Princetonian Hank Griffith died on Sept. 26, 1989. At Princeton, Hank majored in chemical engineering and also found time for the…
John H. Heminway ’37
Cheerful, friendly Jack Heminway died of liver cancer on Aug. 18, 1989. Jack lived in N.Y.C., Watch Hill, R.I., and Gstaad, Switzerland. He was a…
John H. Morris ’37
Ardent Princetonian and chemical engineer Johnnie Morris died in his sleep of a heart attack on Mar. 19, 1989. He had just returned from a…
John W. Ragsdale ’37
Walking dictionary and editor Jack Ragsdale died on Sept. 19, 1989, when he suddenly dropped dead while housesitting for a friend. The coroner said that…
Richard B. Hopper ’37
Photographer and faithful Princetonian Dick Hopper died on Feb. 26, 1989, of congenital heart disease. He had retired in 1979 to Littleton, Colo., where he…
John E. Kelly ’37
Track star and printing sales expert Jack Kelly died on Feb. 1, 1989, at the Valley-Hi Nursing Home, in Denver. Jack prepped at Mercersburg, where…
George Harrison Houston Jr. ’37
He came to Princeton from The Hill School, where he was on the track team and in the band. At Princeton he majored in history…
Max Vance Krebs ’37
He majored in political science at Princeton and graduated with honors. He was associate editor of the Bric-a-Brac, and was a member of the University…
Wayne Mendell ’37
He was born in Battlesville, Okla., and lived in East Orange, N.J. He came to Princeton from East Orange High School, where he was active…
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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