Suzanne L. Richardson Was Harvard Dean of Students

Suzanne L. Richardson of Jamaica Plain and West Tisbury died on June 30 at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

She was the wife of Barry J. Donner of West Tisbury and was predeceased by her parents, Edward Woodward Richardson and Marilyn Harriett Lucey.

She was born on Dec. 18, 1949, in Dover, Del. She attended Rosemary Hall School in Greenwich, Conn., from 1963 to 1967. In 1967 she attended Boston University School of Fine Art receiving a bachelors degree in fine art in 1971. She received a master's degree in education from the Harvard School of Graduate Education in 1987.

Suzanne taught school in Winchendon in the early 1970s. She started working at Harvard Law School in 1977 and was dean of students at Harvard Law School from 1993 until retiring in 2004.

She is survived by her husband; her sister, Constance R. Cecil of Jamaica Plain, her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Alden B. Richardson, as well as several cousins.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 23 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Edgartown. Visiting hours will held at the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs on July 22 from 6 to 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Pain and Palliative Care Service, The Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women Hospital, 44 Binney Street, SW 402A, Boston, MA 02115. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for an online guest book.