Background
Pawling, Richard Nelson was born on March 13, 1951 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of J. Allen and Geneva Pawling.
Pawling, Richard Nelson was born on March 13, 1951 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of J. Allen and Geneva Pawling.
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, University Pennsylvania, Kutztown, 1973. Certified in Environmental Education, University Pennsylvania, 1976. Master of Science in Geoenviron.
Studies, University Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, 1981.
Historian, naturalist Berks County Parks and Recreation, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1975—1979. Intern Pennsylvania Bureau State Parks, Harrisburg, 1981. National park ranger Hopewell Furnace National Health Service, Elverson, 1984—1991.
Owner, interpretive specialist History Alive, Sinking Spring, since 1991. Adjunct professor Pennsylvania State University, Berks, 1986—2008, Albright College, Reading, 1986—1987, University Pennsylvania, Millersville, 1992—1993, 2008. Professor, natural and historical interpretation Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio, 2010.
Founder cultural interpretation and living history section National Association for Interpretation, 1992. Member of Association for Living History, Farms and Agricultural Museum, Pennsylvania Federal Museum and Historical Organizations (Special Recognition award 1996), American Association for State and Local History.
Married Diane Landis Reinhart, April 10, 1976.