Eliza Harlow was the eldest daughter of Finley Houston Harlow and Martha McKee Dunlap. Mr. Harlow was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a former math teacher at Lexington High School who became owner and editor of the Lexington Gazette in 1946. In 1962, the Gazette merged with its competitor, The Rockbridge County News, to become one community newspaper named The News-Gazette published and edited by M.W. Paxton Jr.

While attending college at W&L, Richard Warren took a leave of absence to serve in the Army during the Korean War and was stationed at Yokohama, Japan. Upon return to campus, he joined the Sigma Nu fraternity and graduated in 1957.

Eliza Harlow was born at Stonewall Jackson Hospital in 1937, attended Lexington schools, and received a bachelor of arts in English at Mary Washington College, now the University of Mary Washington, in 1959.

Richard met Eliza in July 1957 at the Lexington Golf & Country Club and they married on Oct. 17, 1959, at New Monmouth Presbyterian Church. The couple were longtime residents of Scarsdale, N.Y., and raised two daughters, Elizabeth and Page. The family were frequent visitors to the historic home of Eliza’s parents called Clifton in Lexington.

Richard was owner and president of Consolidated Appraisal Inc., founded in 1917 in New York City. Richard worked with his wife, who oversaw marketing and public relations. Together, their company performed more appraisals of residential contents for insurance purposes than any other firm in the country.

In May 2002, the W&L Alumni Association presented Richard a Most Distinguished Alumni award for his many years of volunteer service to the University. While a member of the Alumni Board of Directors, he worked with then-athletic director Bill McHenry to establish the Athletic Hall of Fame at the university and served on the committee that chose the first three years of athletic inductees. Richard also provided invaluable leadership while he served on the Fraternity Renovation Steering Committee in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The New York W&L Chapter honored Richard for his service to the chapter and university during W&L’s 250th Centennial in 1999 in New York City.

Mr. Warren is survived by his daughters Elizabeth Annette Warren of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., and Page Warwick Warren of Centreville. He was predeceased by his wife who died from cancer on Nov. 2, 2007. Richard will be buried at New Monmouth Presbyterian Church next to his loving wife. N-G