Richard Albright White ’42 *43

One of our brightest engineers, Dick White, 81, died July 17, 2003, at home in Clearwater, Fla.

Dick prepared at Reading [Pa.] High School. He majored in electrical engineering and was a member of Gateway Club, the band, and orchestra. Dick graduated with high honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a professional degree in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1943, the year he married Margaret (Peg) Weber Leinbach. They had four children, Patricia, Michele, Alan '70, and Steven '80.

During WWII, having been "draft-proofed" by military-industrial agreement, Dick worked at Westinghouse Electric Corp. on military electronics manufacturing. Dick spent his professional life at Westinghouse, assuming increasing responsibilities in engineering and management. On the way up, he earned a master's in engineering from Cornell in 1960. He was a program manager for the lunar camera tube used to transmit the first steps of man walking on the moon in July 1969.

After retiring in 1982, Dick spent two years in private consulting, followed by the pursuit of his many family and community interests.

To Dick's brother, John '44, and to Peg and Dick's children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, the class extends its deepest condolences for the loss of a devoted husband, parent and loyal Princetonian.

The Class of 1942