Richard L. Cowen ’58

Dick died Aug. 24, 2016, in Charleston, W.Va.

He came to Princeton from the Walnut Hills (Ohio) High School on a National Merit Scholarship. A member of Ivy Club, he majored in classics. He played center on the freshman football team and also played freshman baseball. His junior- and senior-year roommates were Bill Dean and Frank Carpenter.

After Princeton, he attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His radiology residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital was interrupted by two years of active duty service with the Air Force. Through the years he practiced radiology in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia.

A major cardiac event forced him to retire from his practice in 2001, and he moved to Savannah, Ga., where he enjoyed biking and fishing. In 2006 he relocated to Charleston, where he and his wife, Nancy (whom he met in 1961 at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she was completing her anesthesia training), became active in the Bible Center Church.

Dick is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy; children Jeffrey and Cynthia; and five grandchildren. The class extends its condolences to them all.