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Lauren Bronwyn Rockefeller posted a condolence
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Dick was one tough man; he loved his family, his westerns, his dog, and his lunches at the club, in that order. Godspeed.
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Ann Dichmont Ulrick uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 21, 2017
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Ann Dichmont Ulrick uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 21, 2017
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Scott Memhard posted a condolence
Friday, October 20, 2017
The Family have scheduled A Circle of Life Celebration to honor and remember Dick, to be held on Friday, November 3rd at 1:30 pm at the Riverside Yacht Club, 102 Club Road, Riverside.
Coordinates: 41°01'25" N | 73°35'30" W
If you would like to plan to speak at the program, sharing remembrances, please contact Polly Memhard in advance, email: pollyapw@aol.com.
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Friday, October 20, 2017
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Polly & Dick at Tod's Point - a favorite photo of Ann Dichmont, our AFS Sister from South Africa, who attended Greenwich High School and has kept a wonderfully close relationship between our families.
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scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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Dad on the Ocean in a stiff breeze.
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scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Dick Memhard at the RYC helm on his sloop "Kinship"
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Dick and Scott at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Small Businessperson of the Year program, 2003, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Dick and Charlie Savoie at the helm
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Amarok - Dad's mascot and friend
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Dick and Polly reading the chart
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Riverside Yacht Club burgee
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Scott Memhard posted a condolence
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Richard Clow Memhard, Investment Banker, entrepreneur, and lifelong sailor, died peacefully at home on October 6th with loving family and friends nearby.
Born in New York City in 1930, Dick grew up in Riverside, Connecticut, attending Riverside Elementary School, Rye Country Day, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Yale University, where he studied engineering and majored in English, graduating with honors in 1951.
Richard met Polly Ann Hunter, a senior at Wellesley College, in November 1951 at a dance and quickly swept her off her feet. They were married the following spring on April 5, 1952 in Farmington, Connecticut before Dick went on to serve, first in the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency, and then as a US Naval Gunnery Officer on a destroyer stationed in Norfolk, Virginia and then deployed to Korea.
After his Honorable Discharge from the Navy in 1954, Dick and Polly drove West, settling in San Francisco, California where Dick began a career in finance and enrolled in a Masters of Business Administration program at Golden Gate College. While in San Francisco, Dick’s first two children were born; Raymond Scott and Laura. They returned to Riverside, Connecticut in 1957 where their third child, Jennifer was born.
Working in New York City, Dick transitioned from commercial banking to Wall Street investment banking, becoming a partner of Hornblower & Weeks - Hemphill, Noyes and later G.H.Walker & Co.
Then, using his experience with mergers and acquisitions, and skill in communications and complex financial projections, "RCM" launched his career as an entrepreneur, founding Memhard Investment Bankers, Inc. which he managed from 1973 to 2016. Among the many companies Dick organized financing to acquire and grow are SRS Crisafulli, Inc., Glendive, Montana, and Cape Pond Ice Company, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts - both still managed by family members.
Beyond Dick’s career accomplishments, he had a life-long passion for sailing, from instructing in Dyer Dinghies, to racing competitively at the Riverside Yacht Club, Block Island and Newport, and sailing with family and friends all along the East Coast down to the Bahamas. His vessels included Quincy Adams class “Lady Luck”, Nautor Swans “Kinship” and “Kinship II”, and Able Apogee 50 “Independence”.
But first and foremost, Dick was the captain of the beautiful family he made, advocating for his wife and each of their children and grandchildren, to push boundaries, be curious, and grow, while acting with integrity and grace.
Dick’s parents were Allen Raymond Memhard and Judith Memhard Falconer. His older brother, Allen Memhard, his sisters, Priscilla Memhard Bryant and Beatrice Memhard Brittain, and his younger brother, Charles Pomeroy Memhard all pre-deceased him.
He is survived by his wife Polly and their three children: Raymond Scott Memhard, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Laura Memhard Fleming, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Jennifer Memhard, of Portland, Oregon., and their spouses and partners. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Aldace Winslow Fleming, Laura Elizabeth Fleming, Ian Richard Oaks Memhard, Lawrence Hart Oaks Memhard and Marie Memhard Cahoon, and one great-grandchild, Eleanor Faye Cahoon.
Richard Clow Memhard, may he rest in peace, will be missed by many. A celebration of his life will be held Friday, November 3, at 1:30 p.m. at the Riverside Yacht Club. In lieu of flowers or food, Dick’s family ask that he be remembered by acts of kindness, courage, and investment in the survival of this beautiful planet.
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Scott Memhard uploaded photo(s)
Friday, October 13, 2017
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Skipper Dick Memhard at the wheel of his latest family sloop, "Independence"
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Scott Memhard posted a condolence
Friday, October 13, 2017
Richard C. Memhard, our Dad, sailed out on the full Harvest Moon on Friday, October 6th. Rest in Peace Pops !
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