Background
Alderfer, Richard Durrell was born on May 7, 1925 in Souderton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Norman Bower and Alice Geisinger (Nyce) Alderfer.
Alderfer, Richard Durrell was born on May 7, 1925 in Souderton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Norman Bower and Alice Geisinger (Nyce) Alderfer.
Bachelor of Arts, Bluffton College, Ohio, 1950. Master of Education, Temple University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio University, 1976.
Teacher English, Souderton Junior High School, 1950-1953. Teacher speech Norristown Senior High School, Pennsylvania, 1953-1967. Professor communication studies Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, since 1967, department chairman, 1981-1985, director forensics, 1970-1974.
Retired 1991.
Consultant speech and reading Pennsylvania Department Education, 1978. speaker in field
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, Pacific Theater of Operations. Member National Forensic Society, Pi Kappa Delta.
Married Nancy Jane Ruth Alderfer, December 20, 1953 (divorced 1969). Married Maureen Carol Hills Alderfer, May 29, 1976. Children: Barbara Jean Burke, Richard Alderfer Mayberry.