Daily SumUp

Beyond his public career, Dick Carlson was a devoted father with a knack for making life an adventure. He spoke to his sons daily and maintained a longstanding tradition of weekly lunches with them at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, always preceded by a dice game.

“Throughout his life, he fervently loved dogs,” his obituary noted—a simple but defining trait of the man he was. He is survived by his two sons and five grandchildren.