senior research professor at Valparaiso University, in 1991. In the summer of 1996, Hatcher taught a law course at Cambridge University in England. In 1991, he sought to retake his former position as mayor, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Thomas Barnes in the Democratic primary. He later served as an adjunct professor at Indiana University Northwest. Personal life His daughter, Ragen Hatcher, is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives. Hatcher died at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago on December 13, 2019. He was 86 years old. Hatcher's funeral was held on December 21, 2019. References External links Richard Hatcher Collection Dave's Den contains a complete political history of Gary, Indiana Image of Richard Hatcher, Coretta Scott King, Maxine Waters at the Black Caucus of the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Mayors of Gary, Indiana Indiana city council members 1933 births 2019 deaths African-American people in Indiana politics People from Michigan City, Indiana Indiana Democrats Indiana lawyers 20th-century African-American politicians African-American men in politics 20th-century American politicians Presidents of the United States Conference of Mayors Valparaiso University School of Law alumni 20th-century American lawyers African-American mayors in Indiana 21st-century African-American people