Richard R. Kinney lost his long battle with Alzheimer's on October 21 at Clare Bridge of Olympia, Wash. He was surrounded by his wife of 41 years, Joanne Elkin Kinney, his children, Scott Kinney, Cantor Joel Colman, Victor Colman, Victor's wife Cathy Wasserman and his grandchildren. Kinney was the associate director of Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan for many years. Later he was director of Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, and director of publications at the Getty Trust and Museum of Los Angeles.