Richard I. Mayes ’52

Dick Mayes died in Imperial Beach, Calif., Mar. 15, 1992. Dick's restless spirit explored many nooks and crannies of his life. His son David wrote in the Imperial Beach Times, "He lived deeply and passionately, and like so many artists, he burned himself out with his passions. Dick was a passionate man, intoxicated with life; an incurable romantic."

At Princeton, he majored in English and belonged to Cannon Club. He played freshman football and 150-lb. football. He also wrote for The Daily Princetonian, announced on WPRU, belonged to the Liberal Union, and contributed to the Nassau Lit.

To gain experience, Dick sampled many jobs, from first mare on a fish tug, to street gang worker for the N.Y.C. Youth Board, to teaching at the Milford School and the McBurney School in Manhattan. He got a master's in English from N.Y.U., then taught at several colleges. He had more than 90 poems and stories published. They appeared in the Evergreen Review, Beloit Poet Journal, Shenandoah, Liberation, and the Nation

Dick is survived by his former wife, Patricia, and two sons, David and Stephen. We extend to them our deepest sympathies.