Background
Bonsal, Richard Irving was born on June 19, 1920 in Palmyra, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alonzo Felten and Jennie (Weart) Bonsal.
Bonsal, Richard Irving was born on June 19, 1920 in Palmyra, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alonzo Felten and Jennie (Weart) Bonsal.
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, 1942.
Research supervisor, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1942-1947; with, Joshua L. Baily & Company, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, since 1947; president, Joshua L. Baily & Company, Inc., Hoboken, since 1967. Board directors Mayfair Mills, Arcadia, South Carolina. ATMI representative general arbitration county of textile industry, since 1993.
Commissioner Town of Montclair (New Jersey), 1972-1980, deputy mayor, 1972-1976. Trustee Montclair Public Library, Mountainside Hospital Foundation, Mount Hebron Cementary. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life), American Textile Manufacturing Institute (past chairman textile market committee, rep to general arbitration council of textile industry), American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), Montclair Golf Club, Union League Club, Princeton Club, Bradford Bath and Tennis Club, Upper Montclair Country Club (president 1969-1971), Sigma Xi (associate), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Jean Caven, October 18, 1947. Children: Julia Lynn, Sarah Bonsal Miller, Martha Bonsal Day.