MEMORIALS
Eugene Burke Oconnor ’36
GENE DIED Sept. 1, 1992, in Buffalo, N.Y. At Princeton, he majored in philosophy, played polo, sang in the university choir, and was a member…
William Arthur Carlile ’36
BILL, LONGTIME resident of Columbus, Ohio, died Mar. 1, 1993, after a long illness. He prepared at Columbus Academy and the Hun School. At Princeton…
Edward Horace Decker ’36
ED, AT THE age of 80, died Apr. 22, 1993, in Ridgewood, N.J., where he had lived since 1918. He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy…
Allison Ripley Maxwell Jr. ’36
ALLY DIED in Ligonier, Penn., Nov. 28, 1992, after a long illness. He prepared at Shady Side Academy. He started in 1925 with Pittsburgh Steel…
John William Thompson Jr. ’36
JOHN, RETIRED associate editor, V.P., and director of THE WASHINGTON STAR newspaper, died of pneumonia Mar. 28, 1993, at his winter home in Delray Beach…
Thomas Aloysius Hayes Jr. ’36
TOM HAYES, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., died at the age of 80 on Jan. 29, 1993, of pneumonia. He prepared at the Hun School. At…
Robert Christian Lang ’36
BOB LANG, at the age of 79, died Dec. 17, 1992. He was a longtime resident of Warren, N.J. After graduation from Newark Academy, at…
Ralph Stanley Longstaff ’36
RALPH LONGSTAFF, at the age of 77, died May 21, 199 1. He spent his early life in Lake Forest, 111. He prepared for Princeton…
William Edward Fackert Jr. ’36
AT THE AGE OF 78, Bill died Nov. 29, 1992, of a heart attack, in Elkhart, Ind. A graduate of Choate School, at Princeton he…
William Winston Roper Jr. ’36
AT THE AGE OF 79 and after a long illness, Bill died Dec. 4, 1992, at home in Perillyn, Penn. He was the son of…
William Henry Morris ’36
AT THE AGE OF 77, Bill died Nov. 22, 1992. A Loomis School graduate, at Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of…
Earl Travis Vansciver ’36
EARL DIED Nov. 13, 1992, at the age of 79, in Palm City, Fla., after an extended illness. He prepared at Germantown Friends School. At…
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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