Ricardo L. Sicre ’67

Ricardo died June 25, 2011, after suffering a heart attack while visiting friends in Spain, where he spent his childhood..

At Princeton, he joined Ivy, majored in English, was a star on the soccer team, and made many lifelong friends.

After earning an MBA at Cornell, Ricardo worked at Morgan Guaranty, which brought him back to Spain and launched a 30-year banking career in Europe at Banca Catalana, Saudi International Bank, and Nomura. London became his center of operations, but his work took him around the globe.

Ricardo married three times and fathered three children. The loss of his eldest son two years before his own death affected him deeply and gave him a sense of the frailty of life and the need to take advantage of all it offered.

His father’s early death left Ricardo with an unexpected inheritance that led to an early retirement and allowed him to travel and fulfill his never-ending curiosity and to spend a good part of the year in Gstaad.

Ricardo had a distinct laugh — a deep chuckle. He is remembered as a wonderful friend: kind, affectionate, and generous with his time and hospitality. His life included tragedy as well as good fortune, but all who knew him appreciated his humanity, dignity, and love for family and friends.