Dickson William George III ’56

Dick died Jan. 4, 2006, in Mexico of complications from cancer treatment.

Dick prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's. Concentrating in religion and Oriental studies, he wrote his senior thesis on Albert Schweitzer. A hockey player and member of Cottage Club, he roomed senior year with Charley Grace, Pete Hersey, and Henry Schuler.

Following a stint as a fighter pilot in the Air Force, Dick helped found the C.S. McKee investment company in Pittsburgh. That success enabled him to join with several others and follow his love, hockey. In the late 1960s, he was one of the founders of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team. In the mid-1990s, Dick served as mayor of his hometown, Sewickley, Pa. In retirement, he moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, establishing an elementary school in a town previously without one.

He wrote in our 25th yearbook that he was proud of having led the movement to admit women into HYP, the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club of Pittsburgh.

He is survived by his sons, Whitney and Ian; daughters Dana Neuman and Alexandria Mauck; and sisters Althea Ross, Eleanor Wyckoff, and Madelaine McCrady. The class extends deep sympathy to all his family.