Richard Gordon Garnett ’50

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Dick Garnett died Mar. 5, 1996, at his home in Fairway, Kans. He was 67.

He came to Princeton from Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City, Mo., where he had been editor of the school newspaper and played varsity tennis. Dick withdrew from Princeton during the first semester of our freshman year. He reentered in the fall of 1955 and withdrew once again in Feb. 1956. He attended the Sorbonne in Paris and completed his undergraduate studies at the U. of Kansas with a BA in romance languages and literatures.

Dick worked as a writer and editor for several Kansas City area publications. His father was the longtime editor of the Sunday Kansas City Star. Dick was also rewrite editor for Unity School of Christianity in Unity Village, Mo. As a freelance writer, he had recently completed a novel.

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