Richard H. Demuth ’31

Dick died of congestive heart failure June 14, 2006, at his home in Bethesda, Md.

He was born Sept. 11, 1910, in New York City and prepared for Princeton at the Horace Mann School. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton, where he excelled in debating and oratory. He also was a member of the orchestra. In 1934 he earned a law degree from Harvard magna cum laude after which he clerked for federal Judge Julian Mack.

During the war Dick attained the rank of colonel in the Army. After the war he began a 27-year career with the World Bank, where, as director of the department of technical assistance, he headed World Bank missions in Brazil, Surinam, Burma, Spain, and Turkey.

Dick is survived by his wife of 57 years, Eunice; a daughter, Nancy Thompson; a sister; and two grandsons; to whom the class sends its condolences.