Richard R. Schulze Sr. ’57

Dick came to Princeton from the Episcopal-related St. Andrew’s School near his residence in Delaware. He died in his more recent home in Okatie, S.C., Jan. 7, 2025.

At Princeton he majored in biology and joined Tower Club, where he was a member of the entertainment committee, the head bartender, and an intramural hockey player. He earned varsity letters on the wrestling team and was interested in sports cars.

Dick earned a medical degree at Johns Hopkins and spent time at Moorsfield’s Eye Hospital in London. He married Mary Jane Freed, a graduate of West Hampton College, with whom he had two children, Kathryn and Richard Jr. ’84.

He settled in the Savannah area and gained renown for his eye surgeries, including his being the first surgeon in Georgia to use phacoemulsification for cataract surgery, and the first to implant an intraocular lens.

Dick loved outdoor sports, and he purchased two South Carolina plantations for forest management and bird hunting. Anticipating the locavore movement by several decades, he reintroduced Carolina Gold rice to one of the plantations, to much critical acclaim. He also attained renown by racing his 1935 Aston Martin Ulster in Europe and elsewhere.

Dick is survived by his second wife, Tricia; two children; two stepchildren; and their families.