Background
Richter, Richard Paul was born on March 6, 1931 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Manuel DeWitt and Emma Margaret (Theilacker) Richter.
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Richard Paul Richter
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Bachelor, Ursinus College, 1953; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ursinus College, 1976; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1957; certified, Institute Ednl. Management, Harvard University, 1974; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Tohoku Gakuin U., Sendai, Japan, 1986; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Muhlenberg College, 1989.
Career
Editor, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, Philadelphia, 1956-1958;
supervisor employee communications, Philadelphia Gas Works division UGI Corporation, 1958-1965;
alumni director, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1965-1967;
assistant to president, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1967-1969;
vice president administrative affairs, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1969-1976;
president, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1976-1994;
president emeritus, since 1995;
instructor in English, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1965-1973;
assistant Professor of English, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1973-1986;
professor of college, Ursinus College, Collegville, Pennsylvania, 1986-1994. Consultant Center for Agile Pennsylvania Education, since 1995. Chairman Common for Indiana Colleges Universities Pennsylvania, 1984, Foundation for Indiana Colls. of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1985.
Past chairman Council for Higher Education United Church of Christ. Board directors CoreTechnologies, Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Ursinus College, History Society Pennsylvania. Member Pennsylvania Association Colleges Universities (board directors), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Margot Denithorne, September 5, 1953. Children: Karen Lee, Kurt Richard.
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American
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Recipient Gold Quill award American Association Industrial Editors, 1964, Lindback award for excellence in teaching Ursinus College, 1973, Silver Beaver awardBoy Scouts American, 1985, Muhlenberg Leadership award History Society Trappe, Pennsylvania, 1994, Francis J. Michelini award for outstanding service Association Indiana Colleges Universities of Pennsylvania, 1996, Arthur V. Ciervo award College and University Public Rels. Association of Pennsylvania, 1996.Recipient Gold Quill award American Association Industrial Editors, 1964, Lindback award for excellence in teaching Ursinus College, 1973, Silver Beaver awardBoy Scouts American, 1985, Muhlenberg Leadership award History Society Trappe, Pennsylvania, 1994, Francis J. Michelini award for outstanding service Association Indiana Colleges Universities of Pennsylvania, 1996, Arthur V. Ciervo award College and University Public Rels. Association of Pennsylvania, 1996.