Richard W. Grieves ’60

Our beloved secretary, Dick, or “Griever,” died of heart failure Sept. 10, 2025, a day after a fine trip to Yellowstone National Park with Carol, his wife of 61 years.

A New Jersey native, Dick prepared at Blair Academy. At Princeton, he joined the Nassoons, majored in politics, dined at Quadrangle, and served Orange Key, the Campus Fund Drive, and Bric-a-Brac.

Dick went directly to the Air Force, served three years, and retired as a captain. He and Carol married in 1964. He earned his LL.B. at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966 and returned to New Jersey to work for the state and enjoy frequent Princeton sporting events. He was also active in Schools Committee work.

Attracted again to California in 1973, Dick worked for the California state government in several capacities until 1985, when he joined Northrop Grumman Corp., in labor law and employee relations. In time he took charge of the company’s environmental issues and retired in 2003 as its senior environmental lawyer.

Dick was active for many years in the Presbyterian church. He and Carol built their retirement home on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington in 2003 and enjoyed further travel, family and friend visits, and “a fairly quiet life” as he described it in our 65th book.

Dick is survived by Carol, their two children, and their families.