Richard Virdin Evans ’51

Dick was born March 29, 1930, in Baltimore, and came to us from Roland Park Country School and Gilman.

At Princeton he was an SPIA major, sang in the Glee Club, went out for wrestling and lacrosse, and was a member of Campus Club. He roomed with his brother George "Heb" Evans '49, Robert McLean '52, Richard Sands '49, T.N.F. Shaw '47, and Robertson Wendt '50. Thereafter, Dick served as a second lieutenant in the Army and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War.

Dick earned a Ph.D. in engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1959. He taught at the University of Michigan, UCLA, and Case Western Reserve, and retired from the University of Illinois after teaching business administration there for 30 years. Dick married Elizabeth Eaton in 1958.

He died of three unrelated cancers Jan. 28, 2007, his brother, Heb, and sister, Ellen, having predeceased him. Dick's lifetime love of learning and his long bout with cancers led his family to request that memorials be sent to The Carle Foundation Hospital Pediatric Oncology Research Fund, 611 West Park, Urbana IL 61801.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; their daughters, Dorothy, Sally, and Margaret; a son, Richard; and four grandchildren.