RICHARD P. BURRAGE ’55

RICHARD P. BURRAGE, a utilities executive, died Mar. 24, 2016. He was 82. A member of Delta Tau Delta, after graduation he joined the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, which later became Verizon, and spent his entire career there. In 1956 he was drafted and spent two years in the U.S. Army. Upon rejoining C&P, he became assistant vice president, engineering, for the mid-Atlantic region. He retired in 1990. A passionate reader, he spent much time volunteering for his local library, as well as for the Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts, where he served in multiple capacities through the years. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne Fuller Burrage, two children, including Gregg R. Burrage ’82, and four grandchildren.