In Memoriam

  • James Hopper '69
  • Betty Petty
  • Dr. Wayne Richard '56
    • December 16, 2025  
    • Dr. Wayne Richard died on December 16, 2025. He lived with his loving wife Andrea at Brookdale Senior Living, 2400 Crystal Lake Lane, Apt. 1215, Miramar Beach, FL.

      Wayne was born and raised in Blacksburg, VA and was a 1952 graduate of Blacksburg High School and a 1956 graduate of Virginia Tech in Chemical Engineering. While at VPI, he was a Sgt. in Company N (Air) in the Corp. of Cadets, a member of the German Club, the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (President), and played on the varsity golf team and was a member of the Monogram Club. He was a faithful Hokie the rest of his life, even convincing a local restaurant in Destin, FL to hang a Virginia Tech pennant near the TV.

      He went to work for Union Carbide Corp. in Charleston, WV but later decided to get his PHD at Vanderbilt Univ.(1966) and then started working in the medical field in Nashville, TN. . Later he moved to Florida and started his own Clinical Psychologist practice in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, which he did until he retired. He was a faithful and active member of the Good News United Methodist Church in Santa Rosa. FL where his celebration of life service was held.
  • Eugene Grizzard '56