Richard Dike Faxon ’42
Dick died June 24, 2000, in Tulsa, his home since 1947. After a career as a geologist, he retired from Keener Oil Co. in 1981, with the onset of Parkinson's disease.
Coming to Princeton from the Berkshire School, Dick majored in geology, was a three year letter man in hockey, and was a member of Cap and Gown. During his nearly four years with the Army Air Corps, he flew Spitfires and P51s in the Mediterranean theater, achieving the rank of capt. and earning the Air Medal with 16 oak leaf clusters as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star, while downing five enemy aircraft and damaging three others as the only acknowledged Class of '42 ace.
Joining Keener Oil Company after the war, Dick worked as a geologist until retirement.
A loyal and dedicated Princetonian, Dick will be missed, but never forgotten. To his widow, Johnnie, his daughters, Betsy and Marcie, his stepdaughter, Barbara, and to his five grandchildren, the class extends its condolences.
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