Richard Armitage Forsling ’46

Richard A. Forsling died Mar. 22, 1997, in Berkeley, Calif., of prostate cancer.

Born in Ogden, Utah, Dick majored at Princeton in politics in the SPIA. He played football, basketball, and baseball, and graduated magna cum laude in June 1947. He served in the Navy from 1943-46. A Yale Law School graduate, he joined CBS in NYC in 1952 as e.v.p. and general counsel, then became chairman of Viacom, and finally president of Cablecom in Denver.

Dick spent his last 10 years in Berkeley, actively supporting the public library, tutoring at Malcolm X School, and working as advocate for the homeless.

Always devoted to his family, he is survived by his sister, Elizabeth F. Harris, three children, Catherine F. Zoladz, Stephen A., and Lucie F. Hobart, three grandchildren, and his friend and companion, Judith Younger. The class extends its sincere condolences to them.

The Class of 1946