Richard S. Gould ’63

Rick, a doctor and supporter of many institutions in Ojai, Calif., died there Nov. 6, 2024, surrounded by his children.

Rick came to Princeton from Horace Mann School. He majored in biology, was publicity manager of the Band, took his meals at Terrace Club, and worked summers as a hospital orderly, a first step toward his chosen field of medicine.

Rick received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1967.  In 1964, while in medical school, he married Barbara Kaye. During their 14-year marriage, they had four children. Following service in the Army, Rick enrolled in a family-practice residency in the California coastal city of Ventura in 1970. Two years later, he moved 15 miles inland to Ojai. His marriage to Barbara ended.

For our 25th-reunion yearbook, Rick wrote: “Since 1972 I’ve lived in Ojai. I started the Family Care Center at Ventura County Medical Center and serve on boards of the Ojai festivals, Medical Society, and Special Children’s Foundation. I am president of the Ojai-West Rotary Club. I remarried in 1982 to Cindi Barr and we fill our time working together in my medical office, enjoying my three teenagers, or traveling.”

Rick and Cindi enjoyed years of traveling, entertaining, and volunteering, splitting their time between homes in Ojai and Orcas Island, Wash. Cindi died in August 2014 of ALS.

Rick is survived by daughters Maile Gould D’Arcy and Tamara Gould; son David; and eight grandchildren. A third daughter died young of Tay Sachs, a rare and fatal genetic disease.