REMEMBERING DICK...

Dick grew up on a farm in southern NJ with his parents, Hazel May and Raymond Boorman Wilcox, and his big sister, Elizabeth (Betty), with a couple of cats, and his dog, Prince.  After graduating from Burlington High School, he started at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, but that was interrupted when he enlisted in the Navy in 1945.  He was an electrician's mate in the Navy, and his service took him to Great Lakes Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX, and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.  After his stint in the Navy, he worked for RCA in Philadelphia, installing televisions, before resuming his studies at Lafayette, where he met his wife, Jean Balderston - singing, of course.  They married on May 13, 1950, in Colton Chapel at Lafayette, and his senior year, they lived in temporary veterans' housing on campus, nick-named 'Passion Flats'.  Dick graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1951, after which they moved to Washington DC, where Dick began a long and rewarding career with the federal government.  Along the way, he eamed a Masters in Engineering Management from George Washington University.  He retired from the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, from whom he had received a Superior Honor Award in 1993.

Church, and the 'Davies family', were a large part of Dick's life, where he served on the board, was choir director for a time, sang in the choir, and played his flute in various instrumental groups.  His love of music extended beyond church; he taught himself to play the piano and the balalaika.  Over the years, he and Jean sang in various community choirs, and Dick also sang with the Paul Hill Chorale, later the Master Chorale of Washington.  During his tenure with the group, they had two concert tours in Europe.  Jean joined him on both tours, and he was thrilled to be able to share Vienna with her.

Dick had many interests, which sometimes overlapped.  During college, he eamed his pilots license, and he enjoyed flying until the east coast airways became too congested, at which time he switched to boating.  The family always had a boat, first power boats, and later sailboats, and he enjoyed customizing them almost as much as sailing with family and friends.  His aptitude for engineering and woodworking was displayed in their homes as well as their boats, and he even built his own sailboat, which could be carried on top of the station wagon.

His wife Jean, daughters Lynn and Kathy, son-in-law Paul, grandson Anthony, and family and friends will always remember Dick's quick wit and tremendous wisdom.