Richard Duer Waters ’36

Dick died June 20,1999, of cardiac arrest. He was 84. He prepared at Blair Academy. At Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Cloister Inn. He was our first class secretary at the start of our alumni years.

During WWII, Dick served three and a half years in the U.S. Navy supply corps both in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. During the last 16 months of his service he was supply officer on a fleet tanker. He was a lt. senior grade participating in five important battles in the Pacific.

Dick served 44 years with one company, Richardson Vicks, Inc. He progressed rapidly to important positions. In 1961 he became v.p. of the company's world-wide consumer products business. At retirement he was cited for contributions to his company's global growth.

During the last 20 years of his career he was a leader of the U.S. Proprietary Manufacturers of Nonprescription Drugs. He also was a founder and chairman of the World Federation of this same type organization.

Dick was predeceased by his wife, Sally Vass Waters, whom he married in 1941 and who died in 1990. He is survived by a son, Richard Jr., daughters Suzanne Smirnoff and Dr. Virginia Waters, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Dick was a loyal Princetonian and classmate. We will indeed miss him.

The Class of 1936