Harold Banning Richardson ’33

BANNING RICHARDSON died in Saint Catherine's, Ont., Mar. 3, 1993.

Banning was born Sept. 24, 1910, in Berkshire, England. He also lived in a number of places in the U.S. and Canada. He prepared at Lawrenceville. In college, he was on the TIGER and in Intime, and roomed with Si Morris and Jim Gordon,

Banning had a colorful career. He spent many years in India, teaching at several universities, and as minister of education of Isidore State. During WWII, Banning was a captain in the Eighth Gurkha Rifles. He attended the U.N. Conference in San Francisco in 1945 as secretary of the Indian delegation. He returned to England in 1949, and later moved to Canada, where he was a broker in Toronto and president of the Princeton Alumni of Canada.

In 1937, Banning married Dian Vivien Johnson, in London. They had a son, Raymond (dec.), and three daughters, Joanna (dec.), Rhea, and Sarah. There are six grandchildren. Dian and Banning were divorced in 1966. He later married Gladys Loat, who survives. Banning's sister, Mrs. George P. Berry, also survives.

To all the family, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1933