MEMORIALS
Coleman Hamilton Benedict ’34
Ben, professor emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught Greek and Latin to generations of undergraduates and graduate students, died of complications from pneumonia April…
C. Warren Bledsoe ’34
Warren, who was born and raised on the campus of Maryland School for the Blind, where his father was superintendent, and who spent his life…
Frank Alexander Nantz ’34
Frank, who practiced ophthalmology in Cincinnati for 35 years before retiring to Florida, died April 19, 2005, after a long illness that included pneumonia and…
Gordon Eames Brown ’34
Gordy, class treasurer (1954-59), 30th reunion chair, and class president (1964-69), who spent "a wonderful 21 years" with the State Communities Aid Association in New…
John Hillyer Palmer ’34
Jack, who as class president from 1984-89, created our Special Assistance Fund (SAF) for undergraduates and made it the hallmark of his presidency, died April…
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen ’34
Following an illness of several years, Joe died peacefully Jan. 8, 2005, 16 days after the death of his wife of 67 years, Emily Lawrance…
Oswald Elbert ’34
Os Elbert, a pensioned Lutheran pastor with some shut-in calling and preaching, died Aug. 5, 2004, in Reading [Pa.] Hospital after a brief illness. Since…
Dumont Clarke Jr. ’34
Monty Clarke, a resident of Asheville, N.C., since 1940 and active in the Farmers' Federation with which his father, Dumont Clarke Sr. 1905, was affiliated…
Stevan Dedijer ’34
Steve, who founded the research policy institute at Sweden's Lund University, thus beginning his pioneering work in business intelligence, on which he published more than…
Frank Tilford Buchner ’34
Frank Buchner, our class vice president for Annual Giving and class agent from 1964-69, died June 26, 2004, of Alzheimer's disease. He was 92. A…
Alfred Northrup Lowenstein ’34
Al, who only a few years ago, wrote, "I am still swimming a mile almost every day," died May 6, 2004, at Morris View Nursing…
Rufus Wheelwright Clark ’34
Rufe Clark, who retired in 1977 from the engineering staff of the California State Lands Division after a career in "Big Oil," as he called…
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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