MEMORIALS
Thomas Stanley Watson ’34
T. Stanley Watson, known to friends as Stan, died peacefully Sept. 22, 2005, at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. His career included owning and…
Robert King Willett ’34
Bob "Red" Willett, who retired from Sperry Gyroscope Co. in 1977 after more than 20 years, died of pneumonia Jan. 1, 2005, at an assisted-living…
John Romney Searles Jr. ’34
John Searles, who as head of the Washington, D.C., Redevelopment Land Agency spent, in his words, "10 exciting years (1951 to 1961) as we transformed…
William Filbert Bottiglia ’34 *48
Bill, who taught foreign literatures and linguistics at MIT for 35 years, with stints also at Princeton, Ripon, and St. Lawrence, and was author of…
Andrew Loring Rowe ’34
Loring Rowe, also called Andy or Shanks, died peacefully June 26, 2005, at his home in Edgartown, Mass. He was 94. He retired in 1981…
Charles Daniel Murphy ’34
Charlie "Clancy" Murphy, a star lacrosse player as an undergraduate who in 1956 became the founder of lacrosse at Yorktown (N.Y.) High School, the first…
Douglas Hesketh Hahn ’34
Doug, prominent in Princeton and class affairs since he was president of his undergraduate eating club, died May 18, 2005, two months after the death…
Joseph Thistle Lambie ’34
Joe, chairman of the Daily Princetonian in our day, who went on to become an investment counselor, teacher, therapist, and volunteer, died April 22, 2005…
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…
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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