Richard Y. Moss II ’58

Dick died Nov. 26, 2025, in Los Altos, Calif. He was 89.

He came to Princeton from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, where he participated in track, publications, and debating. At Princeton, Dick was a member of Cloister Inn, where he played IAA football, billiards, hockey, and softball, was club treasurer, and was a member of the house and bicker committees. He was chairman of the Mace and Gavel Club, an associate editor of the Nassau Herald, and a member of the freshman fencing team and the freshman 150-pound crew.

Dick majored in electrical engineering and after graduation he accepted a job as an electronic design engineer on Long Island. After 15 months, he enrolled in Stanford for a degree program in semiconductor physics. There, he earned a master’s degree and took a job in research and development with Hewlett-Packard. He stayed with Hewlett-Packard from 1960 until 1999.

Dick married Susan Munter in 1965, and they had one daughter, Anja, and two grandsons, Jake and Nate. They all survive him. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.