Background
Altfeld, Richard Lewis was born on February 16, 1918 in Elyria, Ohio, United States. Son of David Sidney and Clara Freda (Schneider) Altfeld.
Altfeld, Richard Lewis was born on February 16, 1918 in Elyria, Ohio, United States. Son of David Sidney and Clara Freda (Schneider) Altfeld.
Diploma in Master of Engineering, United States Army School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1944.
Assistant machinery buyer, Elyria Belting & Machinery Company, 1936-1939; manager, Sandusky (Ohio) Steel & Supply, 1939-1941; machinery buyer, Sandusky (Ohio) Steel & Supply, 1945-1949; corporation manager, treasurer, Sandusky (Ohio) Steel & Supply, 1949-1980; vice president, corporation manager, Sandusky (Ohio) Steel & Supply, 1980-1984; consultant, EBM Group Corporation, Elyria, 1964-1991.
Board of directors American Red Cross, Lorain County, 1961-1974, Elyria Memorial Hospital, since 1963. Member of advisory board Elyria Library., 1964-1967. District leader United Fund of GreaterLorain County, Elyria, 1968, 71.
Treasurer Temple Bhai Abraham, 1948-1986. With United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945. Member B'nai Brith (treasurer local lodge 1952-1958).
Married Ruth Edith Wittow, September 30, 1942. Children: Theodore S., Barbara Ann Littman.