Richard Jackson Charles Kitto ’40

Jenkintown, Pa., resident and attorney Dick Kitto died Dec. 5, 1997, at the Roslyn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center from complications following a stroke. He practiced until illness sidelined him a month before his death. Dick specialized in corporate law and general practice. Among his clients were Stephen-Jackson Co., Pen Argyl, and the Standard Pressed Steel Co. (as legal specialist in industrial relations).

After Lawrenceville, Dick entered Princeton to graduate with history honors. He was tennis manager, active in Whig-Clio, and a Gateway Club member. Senior year he roomed with Dick Franklin.

Dick received his law degree from the U. of Penn. in 1943 and then joined the Army as a CIC special agent in the European theater. Community-minded, he was borough solicitor for Pen Argyl, Pa., and volunteered time to the Boy Scouts, Goodwill, the local high school advisory board, and the Methodist Church and Sunday School. In our class books Dick wrote, "Princeton means as much or more to me now than it did when I was an undergraduate." He attended all home football games and many other sports events. He leaves his wife, Ruth, and sons, Richard '69 and William '73. In our 50th Year Book Dick noted, "I am glad there are four grandsons out there to carry on the name, and I hope they go to Princeton."

We will miss Dick's cheery presence in the P-rade with his classmates. He seldom missed the event.

The Class of 1940