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(*20 January 1934 - [dagger]1 March 2014)
It was with considerable sadness that I received word of the passing of Dick (as I knew him) Diebold within a few hours of that event on the morning of March 1st.
As far as I can remember, I first met him when, back for a visit to Cambridge during the fall of 1968, he attended a talk by Ray Bradbury on Fahrenheit 451 at Harvard University. After the talk, a selection of guests and faculty were invited to a reception, and standing there beside Ray was one of the tallest persons I had ever seen. He had an unforgettably infectious smile,...