Richard D. Heimovics ’63

Richard D. Heimovics ’63, Ph.D., died on May 17, 2023, of complications from dementia. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri; lived in Prairie Village, Kansas; and attended Shawnee Mission East High School, where he was class president and co-captain of the football team and participated in basketball, track, and the glee club. At Dartmouth Dick majored in history and English, was a brother in Bones Gate, and participated in the Outing Club, rowing, rugby, and Navy ROTC. He was an alumni admissions interviewer. His U.S. Navy tour took him to San Diego, where he served aboard USS Isbell and USS Linde McCormick partially offshore Vietnam. His tour ended in 1967 and he devoted himself to further education, acquiring an M.P.A. at the University of Missouri in 1968 and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1976. In 1972 Dick married fellow Ph.D. student Cathy Piercy, who predeceased him. He and his wife were faculty members at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Henry W. Bloch School of Management, where he was a professor of organizational behavior and director of executive education. He also served as president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in 1987. He mentored many students and made major contributions to scholarly literature related to nonprofit management, public administration, and organizational behavior. He retired in 2005 as the Aaron Levitt Professor of Human Relations. Dementia affected him after three years, eventually requiring special care. He is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.