Clinton Seymour Herrick, III, 80, of Portland, Maine, passed away in his sleep on July 21, 2016, at Brentwood Health & Rehabilitation Center in Yarmouth. He was born January 8, 1936, to Clinton Seymour Herrick, Jr., and Clara (Sere) Herrick in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was married to Patsy (Andrews) Herrick of Nipper's Harbour, Newfoundland, for nearly 38 years until her death in 2008.

Clint earned his B. A. in philosophy from Catholic University of America in 1959, received his M. A. in economics from Emory University in 1962, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a PhD in sociology in 1973. He taught sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland for 30 years and also taught, for shorter periods of time, at the Citadel, Johns Hopkins University, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He retired with his family to Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania, where he lived for nearly 15 years before moving to Maine.

He was passionate about learning new things and trying to understand the world around him and never stopped learning up until the day he died. He loved to read, travel, garden, and walk in the woods and passed his love of nature, books, and exploration on to all his children and grandchildren.

Survivors include his 3 daughters, Susan C. H. Siu (husband Steve), Margaret Herrick (husband Senwung Luk), and Darby Lezhava (husband Levan); 5 grandchildren, Sebastian, Sophia, Serena, Kai, and Soleil; and his brother Ross. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Patsy, and his brother Chris.

A time of gathering will be held from 1-4 pm, Saturday, August 6, at his daughter Susan's house, 12 Yarmouth Rd., Gray, Maine 04039. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parks Foundation (Open Outdoors for Kids Initiative) (http://www.nationalparks.org/ook), Hope Lodge (https://donate.cancer.org/index?campaign=hl08hershpa), or Doctors Without Borders (https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?utm_expid=7773760-6.bzFAUgiIT1mTLS5wAjTAiA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.ca%2F).