Willard Earl Richardson

Background

Richardson, Willard Earl was born on September 27, 1924 in West Jordan, Utah, United States.

Education

Student, FM Radio Carrier School, Philadelphia, 1941. Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1943.

Career

Service engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Salt Lake City, 1941; sales engineer, Douglas Models Company, Salt Lake City, 1946-1949; electronics engineer, Station KSL-television, Station KSL-FM and Station KSL-Radio, Salt Lake City, 1949-1960; chief engineer, Electronic Safety Device Corporation, Salt Lake City, 1951-1953; assistant chief engineer, Station KSL-television, Salt Lake City, 1960-1993; retired, 1993. Electronics engineer Nippon Electric Corporation Transmitter School, Tokyo, 1987.

Achievements

• Federal Communication Commission licensed.

Membership

Communications engineer Latter Day Saints Church, Sandy, Utah, since 1980. Scout master Boy Scouts American, Sandy, 1979-1983. Served as sergeant United States Navy and United States Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, video picture, gardening, radio control models.

Connections

Married Willard and Rebecca Vivian (Gardner) R. Married Carolyn Malmberg, June 25, 1950. Children: Brent Earl, Susan Recksiek.

Spouse:

Carolyn Malmberg

Spouse:

Willard and Rebecca Vivian

child:

Susan Recksiek Richardson

child:

Brent Earl Richardson