Background
Richards, Herbert East was born on December 30, 1919 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert E. and Mabel (Vannaucker) Richards.
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Herbert East Richards, Minister emeritus, commentator. Accredited news reporter National Association Broadcasters. Recipient Alumni citation in religious education Dickinson College, 1948, Golden Plate award American Academy Achievement, 1965, Jason Lee Mass Media TVaward, 1983, Distinguished Citizen award Idaho Statesman Newspaper, 1964,Distinguished Alumnus award Drew U., 1965; named Clergyman of Year, Religious Heritage American, 1964.
Education
AB, Dickinson College, 1941; Bachelor's Degree, Drew U., 1944; Master of Arts, Columbia, 1944; Doctor of Divinity, College of Idaho, 1953; postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary, 1941-1948; postgraduate, Bucknell U., 1943-1944.
Career
Ordained to ministry, Methodist Church, 1944;
pastor in, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, 1937-1940;
pastor in, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1940-1941;
pastor in, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1941-1947;
member of faculty, Drew U. and Theological Seminary, 1944-1951;
associate professor homiletics and Christian criticism, department chairman, assistant dean, Drew U. and Theological Seminary, 1947-1951;
special lecturer religion, Howard U., 1947;
minister, 1st Methodist Cathedral, Boise, Idaho., 1951-1969;
minister, 1st United Methodist Church, Eugene, Oregon, 1969-1978;
minister, Tabor Heights United Methodist Church, Portland, Oregon, 1978-1986;
minister emeritus, Tabor Heights United Methodist Church, Portland, Oregon, since 1986. Weekly radio broadcaster Station KBOI, Station KIDO, since 1941. Weekly television broadcaster Columbia Broadcasting System, since 1945, ABC, since 1969, NBC, 1973.
President Inspiration, Inc., television Foundation, since 1965, television Ecology, 1973. Producer Life television seriesABC, 1974-1985, Public Broadcasting Service television, 1968-1985, also British Broadcasting Corporation, England, Suise Romande, Geneva. Chairman Idaho board ministerial training Methodist Conference, 1954-1960, television, Radio and Film Commission, 1954-1962, Oregon Council Public Broadcasting, 1973.
Delegate Idaho Conference Methodist General Conference, 1956, Jurisdictional Conference, 1956, World Methodist Council, 1957, 81, World Methodist Conference, 1981, member General Conference, 1956-1960, Jurisdictional Conference, 1956, 60. Memorial chaplain Idaho Supreme Court, 1960. Chaplain Idaho Senate, 1960-1968.
Member Task Force on television and Church, 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Member Commision on Centennial Celebration for Idaho, 1962-1963. Committeeman Boy Scouts American. Board directors Eugene chapter American Red Cross, 1954-1973.
Trustee Willamette U., Cascade Manor Homes. Advisory board Medic-Alert Foundation. Member American Association of University Professors, Civil Air Patrol (chaplain Idaho wing, lieutenant colonel), American Academy Achievement(Board of Governors since 1967), American Foundation Religion and Psychiatry (charter governor), Idaho Foundation Medicine and Biology (charter), Greater Boise Ministerial Association (president), Eugene Ministerial Association (president 1978), Masons (33 degree, editor Pike's Peak Albert That Is), Shriners, Elks, Rotary (editor Key and Cog, president district 510 Pioneer Club), Kappa Sigma (Grand Master of Beta Pi).
Connections
Married Lois Marcey, January 1, 1942. Children: Herbert Charles, Marcey Lynn, Robyn Lois, Fredrick East, Mark Allen.
