Dick Standish

Education

Rutgers University.

Career

Standish received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Rutgers University in 1964. He was elected to the senior honor society, Cap and Skull, and served as News Director and Station Manager at WRSU Radio Rutgers. He taught Broadcast Journalism in 1977 and 1980 at Rutgers-Camden.

Standish began his professional career in 1964 at WHWH, Princeton.

He served as News Director, and covered the New Jersey state legislature and political campaigns. He worked at KYW-Department of Administration and Management Newsradio from 1967 to 1978.

He covered politics, and New Jersey issues, including passage of the state income tax and the start of casino gambling in Atlantic City. He was transferred to KYW-television in 1979.

In 1982, the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi awarded him first place for his report that Mayor William J Green III would not seek re-election.

Standish covered politics extensively, including conventions. He worked with the station’s pollsters for several years. Much of this effort focused on political races.

A major polling project documented the city residents’ feelings about the violent 1985 confrontation with the MOVE organization.

Standish retired April 30, 2008. Foreign 15 years, they also published Medical News Report for healthcare public relations executives.

Retired Philadelphia broadcasters meet four times a year to have lunch and stay up-to-date on current news media trends.

Achievements

• His documentary on the people of the New Jersey Pine Barrens won the New Jersey Broadcasters Association’s 1965 Public Service Programming award. He won several awards --- including from the Philadelphia Press Association for his reporting on neighborhood feelings after a police shooting. The 1977 Garden State Park Racetrack fire. And reporting on women in the job market from the American Women in Radio and Television.

Membership

After retiring, he was one of the founding members of the ROMEOS --- Retired Old Mavens Eating Out.