Richard C. Johnson ’75

Rik died Apr. 8, 2002. Having grown up in Pleasanton, Calif., he prepared for Princeton at Robert Louis Stevenson School.

While at Princeton, Rik majored in politics, was on the crew, sang in the Chapel Choir, and was influential in starting up the Princeton Inn College Theatre. After graduation, he returned to the San Francisco area, managing the box office for the Concord Pavilion and then working in a variety of industries setting up office systems and training programs.

He never relinquished his love of theater, however, and just a few years before his death had become involved in it once again. As he wrote with characteristic humor in our 25th-reunion yearbook, "Unconventional career changes are always a long shot, but better that than spending another 25 years wondering. Besides, someone has to play the middle-aged balding guy — why not me?" While actively engaged in work doing voiceovers, he performed in regional theater groups throughout the Bay Area, including in several different roles in Tony & Maria's Comedy Wedding.

Rik had a gift for both making and keeping friends and delighted in his role as courtesy "uncle" to their children. He will be deeply missed. Rik is survived by his mother, Louise Johnson, and his sister, Molly.

The Class of 1975