Richard C. Minesinger ’53

Dick died in his sleep Oct. 28, 2016, in Portsmouth, N.H. Dick was born in Ashland, Ohio, and came to Princeton from Ashland High School. He was a member of Elm Club, co-chairman of the 1952 Bric-a-Brac, and assistant advertising manager of The Daily Princetonian.

After two years with the Army Security Agency in Washington and Germany, Dick settled in Cleveland and began a 30-year career with Cleveland Twist Drill Co. After becoming president of the company, Dick retired and moved to academia to serve for 10 years as assistant dean and associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts. Retiring for a second time, he started a new company that performed mergers and acquisitions, and he counseled inmates at the state prison on how to interview for jobs as they prepared to re-enter society.

Dick loved cars, travel, and golf, and found time to hike the Appalachian Trail and climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Jane, his wife of 56 years, predeceased him, but he is survived by their four children and their families.