Richard G. Ashworth ’47

Richard G. "Ace" Ashworth died June 24, 1998, of cancer, at his home in NYC.

Ace prepared at Taft School. He entered Princeton in July 1943 and earned his degree in political science in June 1946. In 1949, he earned an LLB from Yale Law School.

For 43 years he was associated with the law firm of Haight, Gardner, Poor and Havens, where he became a senior partner specializing in ship-collision litigation.

Throughout his life, Ace was involved in public service and particularly devoted to Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. For 25 years, he was president of the NYC chapter, having realized that homosexuality was a natural sexual orientation. He fought discrimination against lesbians and gays. After retiring, Ace was a volunteer English teacher at the Fashion Institute of Technology and a friendly visitor at St. Vincent's Hospital.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife of 46 years, Amy; his mother, Leonore; his son Everard and daughter-in-law Brooke; his sister Joan Nichols; and his two grandchildren. Ace's sons Tucker and Eric predeceased him.

The Class of 1947