RICHARD H. RUSH ’37

RICHARD H. RUSH, an author and lecturer, died May 4, 2011, at age 96. After attending Wesleyan he finished his degree at Dartmouth College, and received advanced degrees from Dartmouth and from Harvard University. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During the Truman Administration he was chairman of the National Security Resources Board. He was a pioneer in the field of investing in art and antiques, classic cars, and collectibles, and he is often credited with coining the term “collectibles.” The author of more than a dozen books and many hundreds of articles about investment and the arts, he and his wife restored a historic Palladian villa, the Villa Cornaro, in Italy. He was also a benefactor of Edison State College in Fort Myers, Fla., where the library is named in his honor. Survivors include his wife, Julia Halloran Rush, one daughter, and a granddaughter.