{"id":3131536,"date":"2020-01-01T00:50:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T05:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/richard-donald-barchfield\/"},"modified":"2020-01-01T00:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T05:50:14","slug":"richard-donald-barchfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/richard-donald-barchfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Donald Barchfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Barchfield<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Donald Barchfield<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, de 69 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 25 de septiembre de 2018 en Tucson, Arizona. Rich naci\u00f3 el 2 de diciembre de 1948 en Summit, Nueva Jersey, hijo de Winifred Christophersen y Carl Fredric Barchfield. Pas\u00f3 su primera infancia en Chatham, Nueva Jersey. Tuvo asma grave de ni\u00f1o, y a los ocho a\u00f1os, fue enviado por razones de salud al internado de Fenster Ranch School en Tucson, Arizona. M\u00e1s tarde, en 1960, el resto de su familia se mud\u00f3 a Arizona. Recibi\u00f3 t\u00edtulos de pregrado y maestr\u00eda de la Universidad de Arizona, donde estudi\u00f3 historia y espa\u00f1ol, y viaj\u00f3 mucho, pasando tiempo en Asia (espec\u00edficamente, India y Afganist\u00e1n), Europa (Gran Breta\u00f1a) y Am\u00e9rica del Sur. En 1972 se cas\u00f3 con Sharon Bundy en Benson, Arizona.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A finales de la d\u00e9cada de 1970, comenz\u00f3 a trabajar como ingeniero ferroviario, primero en trenes de carga y luego conduciendo el Sunset Limited de Amtrak. Observar las noches estrelladas despert\u00f3 en \u00e9l una pasi\u00f3n por la astronom\u00eda. Aprendi\u00f3 por s\u00ed mismo sobre las estrellas y los sistemas solares lejanos. El ferrocarril lo transfiri\u00f3 a Alpine, Texas, a finales de la d\u00e9cada de 1980, y \u00e9l y Sharon se divorciaron a principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1990. Aunque su salud lo oblig\u00f3 a tomar una discapacidad a principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1990, permaneci\u00f3 en Alpine hasta 1994 y luego regres\u00f3 a Tucson. Comenz\u00f3 a trabajar como voluntario en el Observatorio Nacional Kitt Peak en 1996 como gu\u00eda en visitas guiadas. En 1997, se reuni\u00f3 con una vieja amiga, Linda Haight, con quien se cas\u00f3 m\u00e1s tarde. Traslad\u00f3 su membres\u00eda a Pima Meeting en Tucson, Arizona, en 1997 desde Friends Meeting de Austin (Texas). Sirvi\u00f3 en el Comit\u00e9 de Clemencia y particip\u00f3 en otras actividades contra la pena de muerte.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trabaj\u00f3 en el Observatorio Nacional Kitt Peak como t\u00e9cnico de observaci\u00f3n nocturna desde 1997 hasta 2015, cuando su enfermedad pulmonar (EPOC) le impidi\u00f3 continuar. Comenz\u00f3 a escribir un libro sobre astronom\u00eda. Con amplios intereses, ten\u00eda una pasi\u00f3n por el b\u00e9isbol, nacida de escuchar los partidos en la radio en el internado. Su equipo favorito eran Los Angeles Angels. Hacia el final de su vida, no pudo asistir mucho a Meeting, pero Linda informa que siempre fue un cu\u00e1quero de coraz\u00f3n. Le hab\u00edan dicho en 1997 que pod\u00eda esperar vivir diez a\u00f1os m\u00e1s. El mundo realmente pudo disfrutar de su presencia durante 21 a\u00f1os m\u00e1s. Los Amigos agradecen su vida.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El hermano de Rich, Carl Frederic Barchfield Jr., muri\u00f3 en 2009. Le sobreviven su esposa, Linda Haight; dos hijos, Jennifer Wynn Barchfield (llamada Jenny), que es periodista en Portugal, y Vanessa Brooke Barchfield, periodista en Tucson; y dos hermanas, Nancy Barchfield Kay y Elizabeth Barchfield Lutton (llamada Bitsy). <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barchfield\u2014 Richard Donald Barchfield , de 69 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 25 de septiembre de 2018 en Tucson, Arizona. 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