Background
Whitehead, Richard Lee was born on February 26, 1927 in Pittsburgh.
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Richard Lee Whitehead
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Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Otterbein College, 1950; student, University Pennsylvania Law School, 1950-1952.
Career
Claims adjuster, Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, Philadelphia, 1951-1952; director admissions, Otterbein College, 1952-1954; industrial relations assistant, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1954-1956; personnel manager, Home Life Insurance Company. New York City, 1956-1963; director employee relations, then vice president personnel and company relations, Berkshire Life Insurance Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1963-1973; senior vice president, secretary, Berkshire Life Insurance Company, 1973-1984; executive vice president, secretary, Berkshire Life Insurance Company, 1984-1990; Chairman of the Board, chief administrative officer, Berkshire Life Insurance Company, 1990-1992; Chairman of the Board, Berkshire Life Insurance Company, 1992-1995. Guest speaker management education seminars.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president, director Action for Opportunity, 1964-1966. President, director Berkshire County chapter United Cerebral Palsy, 1966-1967. Vice president, board directors Pittsfield Young Men’s Christian Association.
Board directors, past president Pittsfield Urban Coalition. Board directors North Adams College Foundation. Chairman Pittsfield Development Committee, 1976-1980, Berkshire Business Committee for Arts.
Trustee Berkshire Community College, since 1992. Chairman of the board of trustees Berkshire Medical Center, 1992-1994. With United States Army Air Force, 1945-1947.
Member Eastern College Personnel Officers (honorary), Life Office Management Association(past director), Life Insurance Association Massachusetts (past chairman of the executive committee), Central Berkshire Chamber of Commerce (chairman 1986), Silver Bay Association (past vice president finance development), Society Preservation and Encouragement Barbershop Quartet Singing American.
Connections
Married Shirley Ann Fritz, August 19, 1950. Children: David Lee, Deborah Ann Head.
Education
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1952