Richard T. Niner ’61

Dick died July 10, 2023, in Jackson, Wyo., after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.

Born in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he came to us from Montgomery Blair High School. At Princeton, he was in the then-Woodrow Wilson School, served as business manager of Triangle, and was an Orange Key Keyceptor and a member of the Aquinas Foundation. He took his meals at Cap and Gown and roomed with George Gray, Jim Lane, Hunter Platt, Frank Alexander, Bill Rudell, Justin Kimball, John McConnell, and Paul Rubincam.

Following an MBA at Harvard, he spent his career in venture capital, first in Chicago, rooming with Paul Earle, then in New York, and finally at Wind River Partners, a private investment firm in Connecticut. Dick and his wife, Pam, raised their family in Greenwich, Conn. In 2001, they relocated to Wyoming and in 2008 he founded Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles, Calif., now managed by his son Andy.

Dick is survived by his wife of 51 years, Pam; children Andrew and Katy ’03; and grandchildren Cora and Callan.