Frank E. Richardson Jr. ’24

Frank E. Richardson Jr. of Sewickley, Pa., and Blue Hill, Maine, died Apr. 22, 1996, after a brief illness. A former sales executive of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., he had been Master of Foxhounds in Sewickley for over 40 years. At the time of his retirement from the hunting field in 1989 he was the oldest active MFH in the US.

He was born in Sewickley in 1901; he prepared at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. At Princeton he was a gymnast, ran high hurdles for the track team, and was a member of the Ivy Club.

Active in many community organizations, he was a lifelong member of the Sewickley Presbyterian Church. He distinguished himself in service to the Sewickley Academy when at a public meeting of the school community shortly after WWII he persuaded the entire founding board of the school to resign, making way for such innovations in school governance as faculty representation and the presence of women on the board.

He is predeceased by a daughter, Gray Emery. He is survived by his wife, Rosamound Fitch Richardson, and his children, Anne Johnson, Frank E. III '62, Thomas '64, Beth Gutcheon Clements, Susan, and John '70. He also leaves a soninlaw, Robert M. Clements Jr. '65, and stepgrandson, John B. Clements '96, nine grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren.

The Class of 1924