Richard Lorenzo Snow ’61
Dick died Jan. 23, 2002, at Hartford [Conn.] Hospital. Born in DC, Dick prepared at the Kingswood School. At Princeton, Dick played soccer and lacrosse, was a keyceptor and a member of the Orange Key and Semper Fidelis Society. A member of Cannon Club, he roomed with Stan Shaughnessy '60, Fred Matthews, and Tomas Kukic '60.
Following graduation, Dick was with Pratt & Whitney and earned an MBA at the U. of Hartford. Dick was still with that company during our 25th reunion, but after that the story of his professional and personal lives is considerably less clear.
We do know that Dick faced many challenges and hurdles in his later years, some of which proved to be too much for him. We wish that we'd seen more of him and had been able to be part of his support system.
He is survived by a sister, Lelia Armstrong, sons Richard Jr. and Austin, and a grandson.
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Janis Comstock
6 Years AgoBrilliant Intellect and Devoted Friend
Dick was a great and true friend, a prolific reader, and a charismatic professional in the Defense Department-related industry.
He and contemporaries often held court at Sunday brunch at Brown Thomson Co. in Hartford, followed by fishing, target practice, and barbecues at the prestigious lodge in West Willington, Conn., of his friend and owner of the Hermann Schmidt aerospace supplier in East Hartford.
Dick was a many-faceted individual, held in awe at the Defense Department procurement conventions I attended with him.
We lost him way too young due to the ravages of diabetes which overcame him. Dick, I think of you all the time and miss you always.