Richard J. Casey ’49

Dick died Sept. 14, 2014, in Princeton at age 92. His life was a remarkable example of the American dream and the way World War II changed so many lives.

Dick was the son of a New York City policeman and was attending Queens College when he enlisted in the Army. After basic training he was placed in the ROTC unit at Princeton, but was called into active duty before graduating. He returned to the Princeton area after the war and began working in the building trades, joining Princeton Carpenters Local 781 and working on projects like our own Firestone Library.

Dick was married with a growing family, but he re-entered Princeton while working full- time and majored in politics, graduating in 1949. He earned a law degree from Fordham in 1953 and spent the rest of his career practicing law, much of it in construction. He was active in Princeton and Kingston, serving as the mayor of South Brunswick, a Kingston volunteer fireman, and a parishioner at St. Paul’s Church in Princeton.

Both of Dick’s wives predeceased him, but he is survived by three of his four sons. The class sends condolences to all of them.