Background
Hessney, Richard Charles was born on March 28, 1947 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Elias and Elizabeth Welsby Hessney.
Hessney, Richard Charles was born on March 28, 1947 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Elias and Elizabeth Welsby Hessney.
Bachelor cum laude, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1972; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1979.
Assistant professor comparative literature, CUNY, Brooklyn, 1977-1980; researcher, Reader's Digest Magazine, Pleasantville, New York, 1981-1984; assistant editor, Reader's Digest Magazine, Pleasantville, New York, 1984-1985; associate editor, Reader's Digest Magazine, Pleasantville, New York, 1986-1991; senior editor, Reader's Digest Music, New York City, since 1991.
Former vice president, finance chairman, elder, Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, New York, 1986-1995. Sergeant United States Army, 1970-1972. Member Copyright Society United States of America, Toastmasters International (club president, area governor 1984-1991).
Married Miho Naito, March 25, 1971 (divorced April 1974). Married Ronit Bergman, September 10, 1979 (divorced September 1986). 1 child, Abigail Elizabeth.
Married Judith Ann McClure, July 11, 1987. 1 stepchild, Jean McClure.