Thomas Russell Herrick, 90, died on March 18, 2017. He was accepted into the U.S. Marine Merchant Academy at Kings Point New York. In 1947 he entered the University of Chicago and obtained his A.B. in 1950, his Master's degree in 1954, and his Ph.D. in Political Science, History, and Economics in 1965. He began his teaching career at ASU before traveling to Venezuela with the MIT/Harvard Planning and Research Group, where he served as Administrative Director and Economist. He co-founded the Caribbean Research Institute in the Virgin Islands for which he served as Director of the Socio-Economic Research Unit. He later moved to Washington D.C. to work for U.S Department of Commerce in the Economic Development Administration as Director of Regional Planning. In 1973, he became a full professor at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. He later taught at Mary Washington College, followed by teaching assignments in Europe for Troy State University and the University of Maryland Graduate Programs. In 1990, he accepted a position at the State University of New York campus in Toyama, Japan, serving as Dean and Professor. He retired to Sunderland, MA, in 1993 and taught two courses in Economic Theory at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Tom and his first wife, Gail, were married for 42 years before divorcing in 1992. Tom and his second wife, Carolyn, spent 30 years together. He was predeceased by both wives and two brothers. He is survived by two daughters, two grandsons and two great-grandchildren from his first marriage; six step-children, 14 step-grandchildren and 26 step-great-grandchildren from his second marriage. Services will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Friends of the Sunderland Public Library, 20 School St., Sunderland, MA 01375 or to the DIAL/SELF Annual Appeal, 196 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA 01301. (Source: ASU Foundation)