Richard M. Segal ’68

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Rich died Feb. 13, 2017, at his home in Cumberland Center, Maine. He was 72.

He was born May 15, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pa. He attended Harriton (Rosemont, Pa.) High School, where he played soccer, starred in school plays, and was president of the student council.

At Princeton, Rich majored in English, served as an Orange Key guide, played freshman soccer, was treasurer of Response, and was a University scholar. He was bicker chairman at Cottage and lived at the club his senior year with Bill Grad, Jim Britt, Bill Reed, and Joe Heiser.

After graduating from Princeton, he earned a master’s degree in psychology from Harvard. Rich taught at Harvard and Princeton and served as founder and president of the National Foundation on Counseling.

He was predeceased by his wife, Susan Stein ’79. He is survived by daughter Meredith Segal; sister Loretta Cohen; nephew Marc Cohen; and niece Jennifer Cohen. To them, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

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