THE NATIONAL REORGANIZATION
PLAN.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF DOWNTOWN
CANCEL THEY'LL MEET NEXT WEEK
FOR NEW PLANS FOR THE OLD
BUILDING.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE MET DICK,
BUT ODDS ARE YOU HAVE SEEN HIS
WORK.
HE HAD A SIMPLE
STRAIGHTFORWARD STYLE, THE
THING THAT WAS GREAT ABOUT
DICK, HE UNDERSTOOD VISITORS.
HE WAS A SENIOR EXHIBIT
DESIGNER AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
OF MINNESOTA FOR DECADES.
HE ENTERTAINED VISITORS.
HE WAS A MENTOR AND AND FRIEND
TO MANY OF HIS CO-WORKERS.
YOU CAN'T WALK INTO THE
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA
WITHOUT COMING INTO SOMETHING
THAT DICK HAD A HAND IN
CREATING, HE MADE DECISIONS
ABOUT FURNITURE, ITEMS AND HOW
THEY WERE ARRANGED.
I THINK HIS LEGACY IS PART
PHYSICAL AND ALSO VERY MENTAL.
AND DICK HAD A GIFT OF BEING
ABLE TO PUT HIMSELF IN
VISITOR'S SHOES.
HE FOCUSED ON MAKING EXHIBITS
EASY TO MOVE THROUGH AND EASY
TO UNDERSTAND.
THE BEARS EXHIBIT WHICH HAD
A LOT OF ADULT CONTENT, BUT HAD
A FLORIDA CEILING TEDDY BEAR, I
THINK IT WAS THE WORLD'S
LARGEST TEDDY BEAR AT THE TIME.
AND THERE WAS THE
CONTROVERSIAL WOLVES AND HUMANS
EXHIBIT IN THE 1980s.
IT WON THE AWARD OF THE TOP
MUSEUM EXHIBITS IN THE 19TH
CENTURY.
IT TRAVELED TO 56 OTHER
MUSEUMS BEFORE RETURNING TO ST.
PAUL A FEW MONTHS AGO.
HE WAS KNOWN TO SIT QUIETLY IN
MEETINGS LISTENING AND
OBSERVING.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS DICK
THINKING BECAUSE WHAT HE'S
THINKING IS HELPING US TO MOVE
WHERE HE NEEDS TO GO.
HE FOUND WAYS TO SHARE HIS
KNOWLEDGE WITH WIT.
AT HIS RETIREMENT PARTY IN 2011
HE TOOK TIME TO EXPLAIN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COLORS
CHARTREUSE AND PEUCE, THERE'S A
MISUSE OF TWO COLORS IN
PARTICULAR.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO DO THIS
AGAIN.
HIS LEGACY GOES ON AND ON.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO4 NEWS I
CAN DICK WAS 71 YEARS OLD WHEN
HE DIED IN DECEMBER.
