Richard Benjamin Fallgren of Sunriver, Oregon, died December 10, 2012 at age 75, of a heart attack. He earned his MS in civil engineering at Stanford in 1961. He was a member of the Alpine Club and El Toro eating club. After Stanford he joined the US Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey and then enjoyed a 41-year career in structural, geotechnical, and earthquake engineering/ primarily with Bechtel in California.

Retiring to Sunriver, he was an active volunteer and fly fisherman and loved the community of friends he made there. Ever the mountaineer, he was truly at home at the base of the Three Sisters in the Cascades. He was predeceased by his wife of 37 years, Sara. Survivors:  his daughters, Ann Fallgren Dunn and Susie; two grandchildren; and one brother.

Stanford Alumni Magazine, January/February 2014