Richard-Reid-Obituary

Richard Stowell "Rick" Reid

Portland, Oregon

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Reid, Richard 'Rick' Stowell 74 April 22, 1940 Jan. 26, 2015 Rick passed away at the age of 74 from complications of Parkinson's disease and heart problems with his wife Mary by his side. He was born in Corvallis to Curtis and Dorothy Reid. Rick was named after his beloved Uncle Rick, Richard...

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"Rick" and I worked together on many projects over almost 30 years both CH2M and IDC. He was a fine engineer and a good friend. His passing will be a loss to all who knew him. My condolences to Mary and the others of his family.

I would like to thank all of Rick's friends for their cards, emails and guest book entries. I really appreciate your comments and I know Rick would also. My heartfelt thanks to all.

Mary,
Joan and I have you in our prayers. Best wishes, Jim Peck

Knew Rick professionally -a very good Mechanical Engineer, and an even better person. RIP

R.I.P Rick, you fought long and hard--now you can rest

Rick and I go back all the way to kindergarten, I think, at Harding School in Corvallis. Then there were the years of grade school, high school and even OSU (although he studied in another part of the campus from where I did). Later, I was privileged to interview him for an article in The Oregonian. His engineering contributions to the construction of what we now call "clean rooms" in semiconductor "fabs" were profound. He and his group at IDC/CH2M-Hill helped establish Intel's huge and...

Rick was a fraternity brother at Acacia. I enjoyed talking to Rick about his work at IDC.

Back when I was still working for a living!

I first met Rick when I was beginning my engineering career in 1971 just out of the Navy. I worked at Neptune Microfloc and joined ASME where Rick was active in the Corvallis Chapter. Then some 15 years later while I was at Intel we hired the newly formed IDC to do the design of the Fab 5/D1 Upgrade, the first major fab renovation in Oregon, where we were reintroduced again. A short time later, the Intel fab building boom began with D1A (now Fab 15) at Aloha, then on to California, New...

Rick was a true gentleman, I admired his demeanor, he always had time to stop and talk.
His later years had to have been tough, I never heard him complain even when he had all the right to.
Ricks in a better place now standing straight and walking strong, may our paths cross again John Meissinger