Ernest Leon Richmond

Background

Richmond, Ernest Leon was born on September 11, 1914 in Catskill, New York, United States. Son of Leon J. and Beulah B. (Garling) Richmond.

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering cum laude, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, 1942. Postgraduate, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 1960. Postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1960.

Career

Test engineer, Mack Trucks, Inc., Plainfield, New Jersey, 1936-1945; from assistant chief to chief engineer, Worthington Corporation, Plainfield Works, 1945-1958; research engineer, Ethicon, Inc. (division Johnson & Johnson), Somerville, New Jersey, 1958-1975; retired, Ethicon, Inc. (division Johnson & Johnson), Somerville, New Jersey, 1975; consulting engineer, Dunellen, New Jersey, since 1975.

Seminar speaker Worthington Corporation Speakers' Bureau, Plainfield, 1950-1958.

Achievements

• Ernest Leon Richmond has been listed as a noteworthy research engineer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer United Fund, Plainfield, 1940-1950, Cancer Fund, Plainfield, 1940-1950, Heart Fund, Plainfield, 1940-1950. Coach Young Men’s Christian Association Church Basketball League, Plainfield, 1960-1965, chairman executive committee, 1964-1965. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society.

Interests

• Avocations: civil war history, golf, working with young people.

Connections

Married Constance R. Vroom, October 9, 1943.

Father:

Leon J. Richmond

Mother:

Beulah B. (Garling) Richmond

Spouse:

Constance R. Vroom