Richard Nunan Obituary

Dear Victoria,
Something led me to look up Richard just now, and I am so saddened so see that he died, and in fact more than 3 years ago. He was one of my favorite people in the UNC philosophy grad. program; I still remember his kindness, his wry remarks, and just what great company he was. So interesting, warm, and deeply committed to fighting injustices. (I remember his outrage--and my own naivete--when poll workers in Chapel Hill asked some of us, 'Are you a student?') What a loss to the world that he did not live to 90 or 100. The world is certainly the worse for his absence. But for now I just want to relay my condolences to you. It's a loss to everyone, but especially to you and your daughters.
Warm regards,
Marcia Baron
P.S. I'm so glad that quite fortuitously Richard and I bumped into each other in DC, I guess around 2000? It was great to catch up. And then more recently I saw him at an APA session in Chicago, perhaps around 2010.

Richard was a man of integrity.

Dearest Victoria-My heartfelt condolences to you and your family on Richard´s passing.

He was patient with people who lacked his virtues. He was so bright as to always be three steps ahead (and still patient), and it was wonderful to be around that kind of intelligence and to have poorly-expressed thoughts still understood thoroughly, improved often due to this. And he was courageous in a way you can hardly find, willing to defend a wronged person and to point out what was wrong in a way most people just won't out of, I guess, fear or not caring. He did not have that fear and he did care. This is a tremendous loss and we are grateful to everyone who contributed to Richard being exactly how he was.