Richard C. Dickinson ’35

DICK DICKINSON DIED Jan. 31, 1994, in Atlantic Beach, Fla., where he had lived in retirement with his wife, Joan White, whom he married in 1940. Dick had suffered through nine years of acute kidney disease. At Princeton, Dick majored in economics and graduated with honors. Tom Snelham and Jack Turney were his roommates. Dick was a member of Tower Club and a four-year R.O.T.C. student.

After graduation, Dick worked briefly with Natl. Cash Register, but was called for military service, and after training at Wright Field, he served in Europe. He was the recipient of an Army Commendation Ribbon with two oak-leaf clusters. Later, during the Korean War, he was chief of procurement at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He retired from reserve service in 1973 as a colonel.

Dick remained in aviation and became assistant to the president of Flight Refueling, Inc., in Baltimore, where he and his family lived for nine years. Later, he moved to mortgage-banking in Minneapolis and was affiliated with I.D.S. Mortgage Corp. After retiring in 1978, he and Joan moved to Aiken, S.C., and then to Florida, where they enjoyed swimming, fishing, and tennis. Dick leaves his widow, Joan, and a daughter, Jane. John '38 was his brother. The class extends its sympathy to the family.