Dick Boyd, intelligence officer, holder of a degree in advanced international studies, reporter, writer, Congolese adviser, marketer, and founder of African Imprint Library Services, died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 22, 2013, in Sarasota, Fla.
The son of John Ritchie Boyd ’20 and Mary Juliet Williams Boyd, Dick was born Aug. 7, 1933, in Greenwich, Conn. He prepared at Kent (Conn.) School and at Princeton majored in the Special Program in European Civilization, writing his thesis on Russian purges. He participated in the French and Glee clubs and joined Colonial Club.
For many years he ran African Imprint Library Services, the only importer and supplier to research libraries around the world of all types of materials published in Africa and the Caribbean, with his son, Christopher.
Dick played a lot of tennis and golf and, more seriously, collected and decorated antique maps of the West Indies. His one book, a high-school text titled Tropical and Southern Africa, was read attentively by his wonderful wife, Candace. His calm demeanor, determined optimism, and wry sense of humor will be missed.
Dick is survived by Candace; children Scott, Christopher, Stephanie, Rebecca, Robert, and Peter; sister Juliet; and his brother, Edgar ’58. To them all goes the sympathy of the class.