Richard Louie ’60

"DICK" LOUIE is gone. He came to us from Lakewood, Oh., and majored in economics, joining Quadrangle Club and later, Wilson Lodge, and he roomed with Bob Tellander. On Oct. 7, 1990, Richard Louie, 51, associate director of the Smithsonian Institution's Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Art Galleries, died of injuries he had received when struck by a car. An authority on the Far Fast, Dick joined the Smithsonian in 1978, as assistant director of the Freer, which is internationally known for its Asian art collection. He was directing construction and renovation projects now under way at the Freer, scheduled for reopening in 1992. During his years with the galleries, he had worked in financial management, fundraising, and personal matters. He also edited catalogs for museum exhibitions.

Following Princeton, Dick earned master's degrees in Far Eastern studies and in economics at the Univ. of Washington. He studied the Chinese language at the InterUniversity Program for Chinese Studies in Taipei in 1963 and 1964. Before moving to the Smithsonian, he worked as a research economist with the Institute for Defense Analyses in Arlington and in private industry in Tokyo and N.Y.C. He had been a principal economist with the U.S. Postal Service.

Dick is survived by his wife, Katherine Preciado; his mother, Gain B. Louie; two sisters, Male Lin Carrell and Sue Fay King; and his "spiritual brother," Bob Tellander, who was best man at his wedding. To all of them, the Class of 1960 extends its condolences.

The Class of 1960