Background
Heindel, Richard Heathcote was born on August 24, 1912 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Franklin E. and Lelia I. (Heathcote) Heindel.
Heindel, Richard Heathcote was born on August 24, 1912 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Franklin E. and Lelia I. (Heathcote) Heindel.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1933. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1934, Doctor of Philosophy (Penfield fellow), 1938. Student Gettysburg College, 1929-1931.
Doctor of Letters, Wagner College, 1957.
June 1962); children—Heath, Thomas, Bridget. Married second, Dorothy Pushaw, June 1963 (division 1969). Married 3d, Ruth V. Noble, 1969.
Teacher Drexel Institute, 1934-1936.
Field fellow Social Science Research Council, 1936-1937, executive associate, 1949-1950. Instructor, later assistant professor modern European history University of Pennsylvania, 1938-1946.
Director American Library, American Embassy, London, England., 1942-1945. Chief division libraries and institutions
State Department, 1946-1947.
Professional staff associate Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1947-1949. Staff associate Public Library Inquiry, 1947. Consultant United States National Commission United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1949-1950, deputy director United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization relations staff State Department 1950-1954.
Consultant-lecturer, institute world affairs Pennsylvania State College, summer 1952, 53, 54.
Professor of history and government U. Buffalo, 1954-1958, dean College Arts and Science, 1954-1956, vice chancellor, 1956-1958. President Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, 1958-1961.
President Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1961-1967. Professor international relations Capitol Campus, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, 1967-1979, dean faculty, 1967-1977.
Member of the United States national commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1958-1962. Member United States delegation General Conference, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France, 1951. Member commission on language development United States Office Education, 1958-1963.
Member of commission international education American Council Education Honorary fellow Library Congress, 1941-1955.
Member American History Association, American Political Science Association, Society Advancement Education (trustee), Society Historians American Foreign Relations, International Studies Association, Foreign Policy Association (president Harrisburg 1977-1978), Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Calvert, June 30, 1934 (deceased. Married second, Dorothy Pushaw, June 1963 (divorced 1969). Children: Heath, Thomas, Bridget.