Background
Somers, Richard H was born on December 8, 1881 in Mantua, New Jersey, United States. Son of Aaron B. and Lydia H. (Iredell) Somers.
Somers, Richard H was born on December 8, 1881 in Mantua, New Jersey, United States. Son of Aaron B. and Lydia H. (Iredell) Somers.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1907. Graduate Ordnance School of Technology, 1912, Army Industrial College, 1924. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1928.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, June 14, 1907. Promoted through grades to brigadier general (temporary) October 1, 1940. Retired for age, June 30, 1942, Secretary Army Ordnance Association, 1922-1925, executive secretary, 1942-1944.
Lecturer in mathematics, Dartmouth College, from 1944.
Member American Economics Association Royal Economics Society. Club: National Press.
Married Sara Edith Shute, August 28, 1907. Children: Marion Sommers Foster, Dorothy Sommers Smith, Omar Herbert, Helen Somers Brown.