Richard Henry Webster ’46

Richard H. Webster died Nov. 24, 2007, in Washington, D.C., following respiratory failure. He was 82. Harry was born in Norfolk, Va., grew up in Providence, R.I., and entered Princeton in the summer of 1942. During the war he served three years in the medical corps in the Far East, returning to Princeton in 1946 and graduating from SPIA in 1948. Following graduation, Harry spent one year at Harvard Law School, was married, and in 1949 joined the CIA, from which he retired in 1973. He served tours in Madrid, London, Rhodesia, and the Netherlands, and traveled widely in Europe and Latin America. He spent most of his summers in Maine and winters in Costa Rica. Only two months before his death, he joined the class's cruise on the Mississippi. Harry's wife of 45 years, Ann Waddell Gordon, predeceased him in 1994. He is survived by his companion, Betty Wanamaker; two sons, William '73 and Armistead '79; two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret McManus; and seven grandchildren. To them and to Harry's many friends, the class offers profound sympathy.