Richard W. Corkhill ’53

Dick died June 24, 2025, in Avalon, N.J.

He was born in Berwyn, Pa., and came to Princeton from the Haverford School. Dick majored in history and wrote his senior thesis on “French Jesuits in Canada in the 17th Century.” He joined Colonial Club, played clarinet in the Band, and was drum major his senior year.

After graduation, he served three years as a first lieutenant in the Navy. He worked for General Steel for eight years and then spent 19 years at Sun Shipbuilding in Chester, Pa., and 11 years with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Great Valley and Radnor, Pa., as a human resources manager before retiring in 1993. His avocation through those years was as a scoutmaster and as a deacon and elder in the Presbyterian Church.

His first wife, Nancy, died after 54 years of marriage. He is survived by their son Douglas and Dick’s second wife, Kathy Hotchkiss Hallamore.