Richard Scheuch ’42 *52

Richard died Jan. 12, 2018.

He was born in 1921 in New York City, the son of William Allen Scheuch and Marjorie Tuller Scheuch. Richard also earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Princeton after World War II. During the war he served in the Navy. During the D-Day invasion he was on the submarine chaser SC-291 off Omaha Beach, providing convoy escort. He later commanded the vessel and also served on a destroyer.

While still at Princeton after the war, Richard met Fayette Van Alstyne Smith, and they were married in 1948.

For 39 years Richard taught at Trinity College, where he was the G. Fox Professor of Economics and the department chairman for many years. He was one of the earliest recipients of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and later served on the regional selection committee of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. He also served on the boards of the Watkinson Library, the Hartford Symphony, and the Kingswood School. His specialty was labor economics, and he authored a college textbook titled Labor in the American Economy.

Richard is survived by a daughter, Evelyn Lord; and a son, W. Allen Scheuch ’76.