Richard Alan Macksey ’52

Dick died July 22, 2019.

He came to us from Montclair Academy. At Princeton, he majored in English, was the literary editor for The Tiger, and belonged to the Mountaineering, Print, Catholic, and Rugby clubs. He roomed with Dave Fleming and Ralph Bomonti.

Dick transferred to Johns Hopkins and graduated there with the Class of 1953. He was recalled at length in an obituary in The Baltimore Sun. He was well-known at Johns Hopkins for his work as head of the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature. He earned a Ph.D. there in 1957 and was known for his library of some 70,000 volumes.

Dick was predeceased by his wife, Catherine Chance Macksey. He is survived by his son, R. Alan Macksey Jr., to whom the class sends good wishes and respect for his father’s life of accomplishment as a scholar and teacher.