Background
Abel, Richard Eugene was born on July 7, 1925 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Son of Ernest E. and Anna (Rempel) Abel.
Abel, Richard Eugene was born on July 7, 1925 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Son of Ernest E. and Anna (Rempel) Abel.
Bachelor, Reed College, 1948.
Founder, president, Richard Abel & Company, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1960-1974; founder, president, International Book Superior vena cava syndrome, Portland, Oregon, 1967-1979; co-founder, president, Research Studies Press, Portland, Oregon, 1976-1978; co-founder, president, Dilithiam Press Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1977-1979; founder, president, Timber Press Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1978-1989; founder, president, Dioscorides Press, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1980-1989; founder, president, Amadeus Press, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1983-1989; book trade consultant, Richard Abel Consultant, Portland, Oregon, since 1989.
Board directors Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, 1971-1974, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, 1978-1980, Oregon State Board Forestry, Salem, 1976-1980. Chairman Governor's Task Force on Small Woodlands, Salem, 1978-1979. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Katherine F. Ferguson, December 14, 1947. Children: Katherine A. Hawkins, Corinne A. Bacher.