Richard is a third generation glassblower that got his start by making horribly, horribly bad glass animals at the age of 10 or so in his father’s glass shop, sometime around 1987. He began his career in 1996 at Pope Scientific in Menominee Falls, WI in 1996. After a temporary assignment working under Jack Korfhage at Albemarle Inc, and a short stint working for Gene Bayne at Widgett Scientific glass, he moved home to Wisconsin in 1998 and began working at Aldrich Chemical, where while making catalog glassware and servicing the in house researchers, he also worked to develop new catalog items. In 2002, Rick moved to Cincinnati, and for the last 13 years has managed his own Glass Engineering facility for Procter & Gamble, where he services researchers across the globe. Rick has been an active member of the ASGS since 1998, but has attended Symposia since 1989, when he was known ubiquitously as “Bob’s Kid”. Rick has been an active member of the Midwest Section his entire career, and has held the treasurer position, as well as that of Alternate Director. At the National level he was head of the Outreach committee for three years. He has been the recipient of The Memorial award, the William Wilt award, and most recently the Dana Sampson award. Rick has contributed numerous Technical papers, Technical Posters, and Workshop demonstrations.
