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I posted a blog about Richard, in particular his devotion – unusual today and important to me as a public management professor (and I hope to society as well) – to improving the management of government.

http://fcw.com/Blogs/Lectern/2013/01/richard-hackman.aspx

Hackman, J. Richard, 72, of Cambridge, MA, Bethany, CT, and Bradford, NH, died peacefully in Boston, MA, on January  8, 2013 surrounded by family. Born in Joliet, IL, on June 14, 1940, he was the only son of the late John E. and Helen Grace Davis Hackman. He leaves his wife Judith Dozier Hackman,  two daughters, Julia Beth Proffitt (W. Trexler) and Laura Dianne Codeanne (Matthew J.) , four grandchildren, George R., Lauren E., and Edward M. Proffitt and Mattox J. Codeanne, one uncle and three cousins. Richard attended public schools in Virginia, IL and received a BA in mathematics from MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL) and his PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois. In 1966, he joined the Yale University faculty of psychology and administrative sciences and then moved to the Harvard faculty of psychology and the Harvard Business School in 1986. Friends may visit with the family at the Magni Funeral Home, 365 Watertown Street, Newton, MA between 6 and 9 pm on Friday, January 11. Memorial gifts are suggested to the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (NY, NY), Nature Conversancy, Housatonic Valley Association, Charles River Watershed Association, Powder River Basin Resource Council (Sheridan, WY), or MacMurray College. A memorial service will be held in spring 2013 with burial in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT.