Richard H. Booth ’33

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DICK BOOM DIED Nov. 23, 1993, in Kilmarnock, Va. Dick was born Sept. 9, 1907, in Columbus, Ohio. He later lived in Basking Ridge, N.J. He prepared at Morristown School. In college, he was a member of Campus Club.

After college, Dick joined the Prudential Insurance Co. He spent many years with them, mostly in Newark, but with a period in Chicago, as manager of the office there. In 1969, he retired and entered the realestate business in Bernardsville, N.J. Some years later, he moved to Garden City, S.C.

On Oct. 26, 1933, Dick married Harriet Suable in Basking Ridge. She survives, as do their children, Philip and Judith Booth Lindabury. He is also survived by a number of Harriet's relatives, including Robert Suable '51, Gary Suable '59, and James Suable '87, and by his brother, John '37. To all the farnily, the da5s extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1933

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