Background
Ornauer, Richard Lewis was born on October 19, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Edwin L. and Emma (Handler) Ornauer.
educational association administrator
Ornauer, Richard Lewis was born on October 19, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Edwin L. and Emma (Handler) Ornauer.
BJ, University Missouri, 1947.
Wire editor Coastal Georgian, Brunswick, Georgia, 1947-1948. Reporter copyreader, night editor, city editor Nassau Daily Review-Star, Rockville Centre, New York, 1948-1953. City editor Long Island Press, Jamaica, 1953-1971.
Assistant commissioner Nassau County Department Social Services, Mineola, 1971-1974. Public health information program officer Nassau County Department Health, 1974-1987. Administrator Bureau Epidemiology, 1979-1984.
Director communications New York State School Boards Association, Albany, 1987-1989. Instructor Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1955-1959. Instructor, mentor AARP Driver Safety Program, Dover, Delaware, since 1993.
Assistant state coordinator Kent County, Delaware, since 1996, member AARP Delaware State Leadership Council, 1996, 1999-2001, executive board Hofstra University School Board Forum, 1969-1987. Chairman Merrick Planning Committee, 1959-1961. Member publications committee New York State School Boards Association, 1961-1964, consultant to committee, 1980-1981, member Boards of Cooperative Educational Services committee, 1971-1974.
Vice chairman State School Board Leaders Committee, 1975-1979, consultant to committee, 1980, board directors, 1979-1987, vice president, 1981, 84, 85, 86, 87, member executive committee, 1981-1987, consultant to distinguished service committee, 1984, 85. Consultant cities committee, 1986, consultant grants committee, 1987. Delegate Long Island Educational Conference Board, 1967-1986.
Trustee Merrick Board Education, 1962-1987, president, 1966-1971. Trustee Board Cooperative Educational Services Nassau County, 1967-1987, vice president, 1967-1971, president, 1971-1987. Member executive committee Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association, 1962-1987, vice president, 1974-1977, president, 1977-1979.
Member executive committee Merrick Citizens Committee for Public Schools, 1959-1987. Member federal relations network 4th Congressional district National School Boards Association, 1973-1987, study committee on career education, 1976-1978, sub-chairman for Northeast region presidential task force on education of handicapped children, 1977-1978, presidential task force on critical viewing of television by children, 1979-1980. Delegate Northeast Region, National School Boards Association, 1980-1987, vice chairman, 1985-1987, chairman, 1987.
Advisory committee New York State Senate Standing Committee on Civil Service and Pensions, 1978-1979. Member Instructional Service television Committee WLIW-television/Channel 21, president, 1973-1982. Member Committee for Better Schools of Merrick, 1975-1987, History Society Merricks, 1976-1988.
Board directors Long Island Coalition Fair Broadcasting, 1979-1982. Member commissioner's advisory council New York State Education Department, 1980-1987. Member City of Dover Public Safety Issues Implementation Studies Commission, since 1993.
Advisory committee on signage City of Dover, 1999-2000. Member Dover City Transportation Committee, 2001^. Communications officer Dover Air Force Base Museum, 1995-1996.
Member citizens advisory committee Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization, since 1993, chairman 1995-2001, Project Prioritization Policy committee, 2002-2003, delegate Planned Parenthood, United Way. Partner Special Olympics, Medic Alert International. Active Station WHYY, Wilmington-Philadelphia, Delaware Hospice, National Wildflower Research Center, American Farmland Trust, Southern Poverty Law Center.
Kent County representative to the prioritization system steering committee Delaware Department Transportation, 1996-1998, member public advisory committee on calming devices, 1999-2000. Founding member Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Member steering committee Delaware State Scenic and History Highway, since 2003.
With Army of the United States, 1942-1945, PTO. Member National School Public Relations Association (executive committee New York State chapter, Capital District chapter), Education Writers Association, American Newspaper Guild, National Congress Parents and Teachers (life), New York State Congress Parents and Teachers (life), New York State Public Health Association, Association Emotionally Handicapped Children, Association to Help Retarded Children, Association Children With Learning Abilities, North America Association Environmental Education, New York Citizens Committee Public Schools, National Society Autistic Children, American Association Career Education, Ad Hoc Planning Committee Mobilized Community Resources, Long Island School-Community Relations Association, New York Civil Service Employees Association, New York State Outdoor Education Association, National Parks and Conservation Association, National Arbor Day Foundation, American Red Cross, National Audubon Society, Consumers Union, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation (charter), Habitat for Humanity, United States Committee of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, League of Women Voters, World World War II Memorial Committee (charter) Nature Conservancy, NatConf. School Boards Association Communicators, American Association Retired Persons (Greater Dover area chapter, board directors 1995-2001), Educational Press Association American, University Missouri Alumni Association, Boise State University Alumni Association, Albany Institute History and Art (charter member), New York State Museum Associates, Smithsonian Institute Associates, Library. Congress Associates (charter), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Associates (charter), Retired Public Employees Association New York State, National Geographic Society, National Wildlife Federation, Newtonville Neighborhood Association, Mifflin Road Neighborhood Association (governor relations chairman, executive committee), Deerfield Civ.
Association, Consumer Union Associates, Common Cause, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Society Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi (life, Empire State chapter), Alpha Epsilon Pi (life).
Married Jane Robb, May 15, 1955 (divorced January 7, 1976). Children: David S., Michael J., SaraJo. Married J. Rexene Ashford, November 24, 1985.