Richard Havel, a renowned medical researcher and elected member of the National Academy of Sciences who lived in Greenbrae and Inverness, died last month. He was 91 years old.
Richard was outgoing but modest, and his passions stretched from the research lab to the natural world, particularly to birds and mushrooms—though it was his investigation into lipoproteins that won him accolades. “He loved his field and his research,” said colleague and Inverness neighbor Lloyd Smith.