Richard A. (Dick) Eribes, PhD, AIA, Dean Emeritus of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) at the University of Arizona has died at age 71. Dick passed away after a yearlong battle with myelodysplasia. His wife JoAnn was at his side. He is also survived by his daughter, Kathy, and his three granddaughters, Alexandra, Erin, and Regan. Dick served as Dean of CAPLA from 1997 until 2005.  He then returned to the faculty for two years before assuming the role of Assistant Vice President for Campus and Facilities Planning, where he directed the development of the most recent Campus Comprehensive Campus Plan of UA campus. He fully retired from university service in 2009. Prior to his work at the University of Arizona, he was Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico from 1993 to 1997. His academic career began at Arizona State University in 1976 in the School of Public Programs, moving to the College of Archecture and Environmental Design in 1987 as Associate Dean and  Director of the Herberger Center for Design Excellence. He also served two years as the Assistant Vice President for Planning and Facilities Development for ASU West Campus, where he directed the institutional strategic planning effort and capital improvement process for the new university campus, which has been recognized for its excellence of design. Before joining academia, Dick was a practicing architect and planning consultant in the Los Angeles area. He earned his doctorate in Urban Studies in 1977 from the University of Southern California, and also holds both a Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture from USC. Always active as an academic leader, Dick engaged in extensive research on the pedagogy of architecture, urban design and environmental perception, housing, the California Modernist Movement, and public policy. Both the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture have recognized his residential design work as a principal of Taller Penitente and the Drachman Design-Build Coalition. Dick Eribes was known throughout his career for his active mentoring of students and colleagues, especially those who were underrepresented in the design disciplines (women and people of color). He was an unceasing advocate for social and economic justice. He was admired by all for his sartorial splendor, and enjoyed for his mischievous humor.  Above all, he was loved for his caring, compassionate nature and great generosity of spirit.  (Source: Univ. of New Mexico)