Richard Bernay Harding ’40

Dick Harding died Mar. 3, 1998, at Greenwich Hospital. He had lived in New Canaan, Conn., for more than 45 years. Dick came to Princeton from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School with the Class of '39 but joined '40 after his freshman year. At college he was captain of the wrestling team and a three-time Eastern collegiate champion in the 118lb. class. Tiger Inn was his club. During WWII, Dick was an officer in the Navy in the Atlantic and the Pacific.

After connections with several construction firms and completion of structural engineering studies, Dick founded in 1950 the very successful Humphreys & Harding Inc., a company extensively involved in industrial, commercial, and institutional construction. In addition, Dick was active on the New Canaan Town Planning and Zoning Commission. Golf and tennis were his sports.

Surviving Dick are his wife, Betty; two sons, including Richard B. '66; two daughters, and 10 grandchildren, to all of whom we offer our heartfelt sympathy and condolences. In '40's 50th Year Report Dick wrote, "I believe Princeton means more to me now than it did when I was an undergraduate," certainly a gracious sentiment and one often expressed by '40 members and other Princetonians.

The Class of 1940