Richard Brown Barnhart

Background

Barnhart, Richard Brown was born on March 9, 1933 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence Carl and Edith Copeland (Brown) Barnhart.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Westminster College, 1955; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1957; District Attorney, Carnegie Mellon U., 1987.

Career

Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1955-1957; employee and community rels coordinator, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, 1957-1962; head special projects, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1962-1974; assistant president, secretary board of trustees, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1974-1992. Member of faculty Community College Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, 1968-1985, 93-, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington, 1958-1968, 93-. Interim vice president development Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, since 1993.

Achievements

• Richard Brown Barnhart has been listed as a noteworthy Seminary administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deacon, elder, clerk session Natrona Heights (Pennsylvania) Presbyterian Church, since 1957. Director Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, Pittsburgh, 1962-1992. Member board advisors Pittsburgh Public Theater, 1974-1978.

Director Pittsburgh Council International Visitors, 1984-1989. President Community Library. Allegheny Valley, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, 1975-1976, board directors, 1965-1977.

Member Association Governing Bds., Pittsburgh Council Higher Education (chairman 1976-1978, deputies committee 1987-1988).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Mary Kathryn Neubauer, September 3, 1955. Children: David Brown, Jonathan Hall, Elizabeth Copeland.

Father:

Lawrence Carl Barnhart

Mother:

Edith Copeland (Brown) Barnhart

Spouse:

Mary Kathryn Neubauer

child:

Jonathan Hall Barnhart

child:

David Brown Barnhart

child:

Elizabeth Copeland Barnhart