Background
Schuster, Richard Louis was born on April 5, 1945 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Bryan and Mabel Margaret (Bristol) Schuster.
clergyman human service agency executive
Schuster, Richard Louis was born on April 5, 1945 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Bryan and Mabel Margaret (Bristol) Schuster.
Bachelor in Business and Economics, Nasson College, Springvale, Maine, l968; Master of Divinity, Yale University, l97l.
Curate, Church Holy Trinity, Middletown, Connecticut, l97l-75; rector, Joint Ministry Immanuel and St. James' Episcopal Churches, Ansonia and Derby, Connecticut, l975-84; assistant director, Episcopal Social Svc., Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut, l984-86; acting director, St. Luke's Community Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, l986-87; executive director, St. Luke's Community Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, l987-. Member standing committee Episcopal Diocese Connecticut, l983-88, president l988.
Founder Lower Naugatuck Valley Community Mental Health Center, Ansonia,1979. Chairman Inter-Faith Emergency Housing Projectr, Derby, 1981-1984. President Connecticut Coalition for Homeless, 1984-1985.
Board directors Lower Fairfield County Coalition for Homeless, Stamford, 1987-1992, president, 1988. Board directors Person to Person, Darien, Connecticut, 1988-1991, Connecticut Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Residence Coalition, Hartford, 1988-1991. Board directors Stamford Enterprise Zone, since 1994.
Member of advisory committee State of Connecticut Department Social Superior vena cava syndrome, 1994-1996.
Married Carolyn Schumacher, September l4, l968 (divorced December l984). Children: Wendi Ann, Alyson Rebecca. Married Angela Stovall, June 9, l989.