Background
GIORDANO, Richard was born on March 24, 1934 in New York, United States. Son of Vincent and Cynthia (nbe Cardetta) Giordano.
GIORDANO, Richard was born on March 24, 1934 in New York, United States. Son of Vincent and Cynthia (nbe Cardetta) Giordano.
Stuyvesant School, New York, Harvard University and Columbia University Law School.
Assistant Secretary Air Reduction Company Incorporated., New York 1963-1964, Vice-President Distribution of Products Division 1964-1965, Executive Vice-President 1965-1967, Group Vice-President 1967-1971, President, and Chief Operating Officer 1971-1974, Chief Executive Officer 1977-1979. Director BOCI 1974; Manager Director and Chief Executive Officer BOC Group 1979-1984, Chairman since 1985(92), Chief Executive Officer 1985-1991. Director (non-Exee.) Central Electricity Generating Board 1982-1989, Georgia Pacific Corporation since 1984, Grand Metropolitan since 1985, Honorary K.B.E.
Honorary Doctorate.C.S. (Saint John"s University, United States of America).
Married Barbara Claire Beckett in 1956.