Richard J. Prentiss Jr. ’50

Dick died Feb. 2, 2010, in Alabama.

Dick was a graduate of Andover. At Princeton, he wrestled in his freshman year, was a member of the Pre-Law Society, and belonged to Key and Seal. He earned a bachelor’s degree in politics with high honors.

After a year at Harvard Law School, Dick enlisted in the Air Force, completed Officer Candidate School, and then served as a field investigator. Upon separation from the Air Force, he completed an accelerated program at New York Law School in 1956. He passed the New York Bar exam and went into private practice in New York City.

Dick practiced general law in New York until 1996, when he moved to West Palm Beach, where he produced a TV show in Palm Beach County. His show included “music and memories,” which combined interviews with musicians and their music. Dick moved to Alabama in 2006.

Dick’s interest in music went way back. In New York he had a Dixieland band that played in various clubs, he playing the tenor sax and baritone sax. His Palm Beach Society Band played at the dinner-dance for our 2003 mini-reunion in Palm Beach.

He is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth.