Dick was one of the smartest students in our class. He also had a wide range of interests and a self-deprecating sense of humor. He introduced me to "Little Stevie Wonder." I have quoted him much of my life from his description of his first night with a driver's license: "A parked car came out and hit me." I heard a report that he had broken a leg in his first year at Yale, but lost track of him thereafter.
Richard and I were best friends. We went to summer camp together, wrote ridiculous biology papers on xylem and phloem together at Weeks, sniggered together at the hapless Bailey-Wells team that was trying to teach Unified Science. Richard drifted off to New York City and became a (very good) writer, a gentle and brilliant man who died far too young. I miss your kind smile and genius, Richard.
I remember both of you very well, although you may not remember me. Thanks so much for the tributes to Richard. In senior year, I had the good luck to land in the same home room with Richard and the rest of the staff working on the yearbook. He was my editor. Richard was easily the funniest and most talented person in the room.
Years later, I got to read some of Richard's superb writing online and learned about his life and passing. He was just as you described him, and I was so saddened to know that what was then considered the dread disease took him so early. I am so glad that he had both of you as close friends back then. So many thanks, Sally Glass
Elliot Jay Feldman
Dick was one of the smartest students in our class. He also had a wide range of interests and a self-deprecating sense of humor. He introduced me to "Little Stevie Wonder." I have quoted him much of my life from his description of his first night with a driver's license: "A parked car came out and hit me." I heard a report that he had broken a leg in his first year at Yale, but lost track of him thereafter.
Donald Topaz
Richard and I were best friends. We went to summer camp together, wrote ridiculous biology papers on xylem and phloem together at Weeks, sniggered together at the hapless Bailey-Wells team that was trying to teach Unified Science. Richard drifted off to New York City and became a (very good) writer, a gentle and brilliant man who died far too young. I miss your kind smile and genius, Richard.
Sally Glass
Donnie and Eliot,
I remember both of you very well, although you may not remember me. Thanks so much for the tributes to Richard. In senior year, I had the good luck to land in the same home room with Richard and the rest of the staff working on the yearbook. He was my editor. Richard was easily the funniest and most talented person in the room.
Years later, I got to read some of Richard's superb writing online and learned about his life and passing. He was just as you described him, and I was so saddened to know that what was then considered the dread disease took him so early. I am so glad that he had both of you as close friends back then. So many thanks, Sally Glass