Background
Nord, Richard was born on May 3, 1952 in Bronx. Son of Jack William N. and Michelline (Couche) Menetréy.
Nord, Richard was born on May 3, 1952 in Bronx. Son of Jack William N. and Michelline (Couche) Menetréy.
Claremont Men’s College (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, Note and Comment Editor, California Law Review, 1976-1977.
The same year he began work at the BBC as a design engineer. During his career with the BBC he was involved with several high-profile projects including the BBC Microcomputer and the BBC Domesday Project. He retired from the BBC in 2006.
In 2008 he developed a technique for recovering the colour from the black-and-white telerecordings of TV programmes, making it possible to restore full colour versions of some programmes for which no conventional colour recordings exist. He is featured in the documentary "The Story of Are You Being Served?" talking about his work on the colour restoration process. In addition to creating BBC BASIC for Windows, Russell also runs a Yahoo! support group for the language to which he regularly contributes tips, advice and comments on other users' code.
He is also active in several Usenet newsgroups.
Bar Association of San Francisco. The State Bar of California (Vice-Chairman, 1986-1987, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section). American Bar Association.
Married Lisa RobinFeldman, August 25, 1978 (divorced September 1980). Married Sharon Anne Wong, June 3, 1984. Children: Sean Alexander, Jason Eric, Lauren Marie.