Background
Staats, Richard Charles was born on January 19, 1962 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Richard Lee Staats and Sandra Mae Olson.
Staats, Richard Charles was born on January 19, 1962 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Richard Lee Staats and Sandra Mae Olson.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994.
Commissioned United States Army, since 1984, advanced through grades. Logistics management instructor Light-Material Interactions, McLean, Virginia, 1994—1996. Lead engineer MITRE, 1996—2001, principal, since 2001.
Chairman board of youth St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Falls Church, Virginia, since 2001. Member of NMIA, AFICA, Future Cities.
Married Katherine Elizabeth Benjamin (divorced October 1996). 1 child Irina Clements.