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We have received notice that Richard Pearl passed away in December 2024.
Richard taught undergraduate business courses in Okinawa for the Asian Division from 2009 to 2015. He was also an incredibly talented musician.
We will post the obituary when it is available.
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Robert Walker
For the last several years, Richard had been quite ill from kidney failure. He was back and forth on quite a few medications and was one step away from weekly dialysis. He was still living and teaching in Vietnam (Hanoi) but returned to the US every few months. He has a very kind brother who is a doctor and lives in Ft Lauderdale. I live half the year about an hour away in Stuart. He came to my house and visited with myself and my wife, Annie Kao. I visited him in Lauderdale with his brother and his wife. His spirits were always good but he knew he was ill. I'm not certain of his age, somewhere in the low to mid 80s? He died in the hospital in Ft Lauderdale.
For several years, when we were both in Okinawa, we traveled frequently to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. He had a tremendous sense of humor and was a gifted musician. He was well-known as part of a band in Phnom Penh and everyone loved him. I loved him too. He was a fine - in many ways, brilliant - man. My wife and I will both miss him terribly.
Robert Walker, Stuart Florida and Kailua Hawaii (UMUC in Okinawa, Korea, Germany and Italy from approx 2000 to 2015.
Guy Moyer
Something remakable about Richard is that he not only was a skilled musician, but, as I recall, he taught himself to play the banjo. He then used that skill and his natural performing talent to "front" for some pretty big names, like Pat Paulsen of Smothers Brothers fame.