Background
Kurzeja, Richard Eugene was born on July 12, 1935 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Son of Stanley A. and Helen E. (Stempkowski) Kurzeja.
professional society administrator
Kurzeja, Richard Eugene was born on July 12, 1935 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Son of Stanley A. and Helen E. (Stempkowski) Kurzeja.
Student, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1953; student, Hartnett College, Hammond, Indiana, 1955.
With, United States Railway and Equipment Company, Blue Island, Illinois, 1955-1964; industrial engineer, Simmons Company, Munster, Indiana, 1964-1970; sales technician, Melody-Olds-General Medical Council Truck, Cedar Lake, Indiana, 1970-1972; sales manager, Meidell General Medical Council Truck, South Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1972-1986; truck broker, 1986-1997; executive secretary, International Buckskin Horse Association, Shelby, Indiana, since 1971; secretary-treasurer Youth Scholarship Fund, International Buckskin Horse Association, Shelby, Indiana, since 1988. Owner/operator Holiday Farm, Dyer, Indiana, 1963-1988, Equitara, Lowell, Indiana, since 1988. Vice president Color Breed Council, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, since 1993.
Member American Quarter Horse Association (life), Mid-American Buckskin Association (life director since 1965), United States Dressage Federation, American Youth Horse Council.
Married Dolores M. Michalak. Children: Denise, Richard, Deanna.