Richard Robinson Pettit ’36

Dick died Mar. 11, 1999, in Portland, Oreg. He was 84. He prepared at the Hill School. At the end of his freshman year at Stanford, he transferred to Princeton with the late Brooks Bowman, who became his roommate. He majored in philosophy with honors and was a member of the track team, the Triangle Club, and v.p. of Tower Club. In 1939 he earned his law degree from Yale.

He spent two years as a tax lawyer in NYC and then was a lawyer in San Francisco with Frederick C. Whitman, a founder of the Whitman Institute.

He next started a 10-year period as a pilot and captain with United Airlines, flying in the western states until 1951. He spent the rest of his career as a corporate and financial officer for Trans Ocean Airlines, Atlas Corp., Marcona Corp., Utah Intl., and Chemcrete Corp. A great amount of his business was overseas.

During his busy life he found time for international education, politics, and population control.

In 1944 he married Lucy Jane Hunter. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary before she died in 1995. Survivors include his son Tyram, daughter Jan C., three grandchildren, and brother Milton. Dick was a man of many talents; he will indeed be remembered.

The Class of 1936