Richard Frank O'Brien

Background

O'Brien, Richard Frank was born on October 20, 1921 in Ogden, Utah, United States. Son of James William and Mary Eleanor (Hinley) O'B.

Education

Bachelor of Arts History, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1943; Master of Arts in Higher Education, Stanford University, 1947; Doctor of Education, Stanford University, 1950.

Career

Member staff, Stanford (California) U., 1947-1964, 67-69; director development, campaign director Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe program, Stanford (California) U., 1959-1964; assistant to the president, Stanford (California) U., 1967-1969; secretary, Stanford Medical Center, 1969-1970; vice president planning and development, University of Chicago, 1964-1967; president, Menlo school and College, Atherton, California, 1970-1987; chancellor, Menlo school and College, Atherton, California, 1987-1989. President Las Lomitas School Board, Atherton, California, 1955-1958.

Achievements

• Richard Frank O"Brien has been listed as a noteworthy College chancellor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee UCSB Foundation, 1978-1983, Westlake School, Los Angeles, 1980-1983, Palo Alto Medical Research Institute, Association Indiana California Colleges and Universities, Herbert Hoover Boys' Club. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Commander Reserve; Member of Palo Alto, Bohemian, Menlo Country, California.

Connections

Married Doris May Kirsten, August 25, 1943. Children: Susan Linda O'Brien Cretarolo, Cynthia Ann O'Brien Ford, Sally Jane.

Father:

James William O'B.

Mother:

Mary Eleanor (Hinley) O'B.

Spouse:

Doris May Kirsten

child:

Cynthia Ann O'Brien Ford O'Brien

child:

Susan Linda O'Brien Cretarolo O'Brien

child:

Sally Jane O'Brien