Background
Potter, Richard Wendell was born on May 21, 1932 in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Son of Andrew Wendell and Susan (Pitz) Potter.
Television broadcast specialist
Potter, Richard Wendell was born on May 21, 1932 in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Son of Andrew Wendell and Susan (Pitz) Potter.
Bachelor, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1956; Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1958.
Production director, Station KOTA-television, Rapid City, 1958-1959; producer, director, Station KOAC-television, Corvallis, Oregon, 1959-1981; broadcast specialist, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, since 1981; broadcast operations manager, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, since 1982.
Scoutmaster Corvallis council Boy Scouts American, 1967-1974. Served as corporal United States Army, 1952-1954, Korea. Member of Masons (master 1975).
Married Lavonne Sagan, September 1, 1957 (divorced 1973). Children: Mark Steven, Karie Lynn Potter Hutchings. Married Susan Anderson Hoard, May 17, 1975.
Stepchildren: Laura Lynn Hoard Holloway, David Alan Hoard.