Nicholas C. Litchfield ’69

Nicholas C. Litchfield ’69, of Reno, Nev., formerly of Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; Oct. 6. After graduating from Brown, where he met his future wife, he taught French at Gould Academy. They were married in 1970 and both took a leave of absence from their jobs to refit a small cruising boat and sailed for four years aboard their Take Five. On returning, he worked as a yacht broker and began learning computer science at the University of New Hampshire and Columbia University. They moved to Connecticut and he taught at Greens Farms Academy. He retired from Greens Farms Academy and moved to Wayland, Mass., where he renovated their house and briefly did IT work for a trading firm out of Chicago. He retired to Reno in 2011 and enjoyed skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Jahn Litchfield ’70; two sons and their spouses; four grandchildren; two sisters; and a brother.