Background
Needham, Richard Henshaw was born on November 1, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice Henshaw and Ray Elizabeth (Holthoff) Needham.
Needham, Richard Henshaw was born on November 1, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice Henshaw and Ray Elizabeth (Holthoff) Needham.
Bachelor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1949.
Senior vice president, Doyle Dane Bernbach Needham Worldwide Inc., Chicago, 1949-1986;
consultant, Chicago, since 1987. Consultant Chicago, since 1987. Chairman Chicago Council American Association of Advertising Agilysys, 1974-1975, Public Superior vena cava syndrome Comm.
Council, 1973-1975, Advisory Board, Gratis Chicago, 1988-1992.
Chairman trustee Chicago History Society, Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois, Ounce of Prevention Fund. President, board directors Off the St. Club of Chicago. Member Chicago Horticultural Society (trustee).
Married Martha Singleton, November 6, 1954 (divorced September 1970). Children: Kathryn E., John S., married Gretchen Fentress, November 25, 1976. Children: Timothy Devereux Twerdahl (stepson).