Dick prepared for Princeton at the King Low Haywood Thomas School, formerly the King School, in Stamford, Conn. He majored in mechanical engineering at Princeton, was a member of Court Club, and graduated with high honors. He went to work for U.S. Steel and earned a degree in metallurgy from Carnegie Mellon University. He worked in the Applied Research Division of U.S. Steel, from which he retired in 1980.
Dick served in the military in World War II, volunteered with civil defense, and served at local Pres-byterian churches.
His last years were spent in Morris, Conn., where he loved hiking and canoeing with his family. He was a gifted oil painter and word-game enthusiast.
Dick was predeceased by his first wife, Rosanne McAlpin; his daughter, Kathleen; and his second wife, Jo Heinrichs. He is survived by three daughters and their families, Jane Ellen Vanderbeck and her sons, Phillip and Scott Hoffman; Judith Ellen Vanderbeck and her husband, Patrick David Kelly; and Peggy Jo Vanderbeck, her husband, Daniel Keller Thomas, and their daughter, Shelby Jo Tho-mas; and great-grandchildren Lauren Jane and Joseph Phillip Hoffman, Jacob Conner, and Cohen Scott Hoffman. Our thoughts are with the Vanderbeck family.