Richard Wilson Nebel ’36

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Dick died Nov. 12, 1996, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. He was 81. He prepared at Rutgers Preparatory School. At Princeton he majored in chemistry and was a member of Key and Seal Club. He received his doctorate from Harvard.

He was a retired research director of the DuPont Co. During retirement he took great pleasure in studying the ecology of the Blue Ridge Mountains and photographing wildflowers on property there which he owned for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Charlene Kindig Nebel, two sons, Peter K. '67 and David W., and four grandchildren. Dick will be remembered by his friends in the class.

The Class of 1936

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