MEMORIALS
William B. Gold Jr. ’35
William B. Gold Jr., a Phi Beta Kappa member of our class, died July 13, 1998, of renal failure. He was 84. He was a…
Kurt Ladenburg ’35 *39
Dr. Kurt Ladenburg died July 30, 1998, of a stroke, in Kitty Hawk, N.C. He was 83. He graduated with honors and received a PhD…
Charles Abraham Owen Jr. ’35 *36
Charles Abraham Owen Jr. died July 24, 1998. He was 84. He was born June 5, 1914, in Johnstown, Pa. Charles prepared at Rumsey Hall…
Robert Lorth Stephenson ’35
Bob Stephenson died July 20, 1998, in Pittsburgh, Pa., after a long battle with heart problems. He is survived by his wife of 60 years…
Robert William Doyle ’35
Bob, also known as Red, died June 23, 1998, at a nursing home in Rhode Island. He was 84. His wife, the former Mary Martha…
Kelvin Morgan Fox ’35
Kel Fox, rancher, conservationist, governmental-affairs activist, and writer, died May 11, 1998, of heart failure. He was 85. He and his wife, Patty, lived in…
Franklin Patrick Kearney ’35
Pat Kearney died Apr. 30, 1998, in Peterborough, N.H., of complications from a series of strokes which were bravely fought over a period of more…
Norman Spencer Welch Jr. ’35
Belatedly, the news has reached us that Norm Welch died Apr. 21, 1997, peacefully, in his sleep, at home in Reswell, Ga. He was 84…
Stevan Butler Smith ’35
Steve died Dec. 14, 1997, in his Banner, Wyo., home, from the complications of Alzheimer's disease. Since retiring from business in 1978, Steve and his…
Thomas W. Wilson Jr. ’35
Thomas W. Wilson Jr., a distinguished writer and lecturer who was a former government official, journalist, and consultant, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 8…
Arthur Northwood Jr. ’35
Another outstanding scholar of our class, Art Northwood, has died. He was a history major, a junior Phi Bete, president of Whig-Clio, recipient of two…
Clark Baldwin Tower ’35 *36
Clark Tower, known to us as "Gabe" in his campus days, died on Oct. 23, 1997, following a short illness. He was 85. He and…
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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