Richard Dale *62

Richard died in Fountain Hills, Ariz., May 23, 2024.

He was born in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1932. He received an A.B. degree in political science from Bowdoin in 1954 and a master’s in political science from Ohio State University in 1957. From 1957 to 1959, he served in the Army’s Third Infantry Division. After his military service, he earned a Ph.D. in political science from Princeton in 1962.

Richard taught political science at the University of New Hampshire, Northern Illinois University, and Southern Illinois University. He was a visiting professor in the Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Army School of International Studies at Fort Bragg, N.C.

In connection with his field of scholarship, Richard co-edited Southern Africa in Perspective: Essays in Regional Politics, and authored Botswana’s Search for Autonomy in Southern Africa and The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989: Diplomatic, Economic and Military Campaigns. At the time of his death, he was working on a biography of Alan Paton, author of the novel Cry, The Beloved Country. Richard was a member of the Africa Institute of South Africa and the South African Association of Political Studies.

He was predeceased by his wife, Doris.

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