Dick Randall

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Born July 1932 in San Antonio TX; dad George O W Randall; mother Frances L Stienhans; have lived in San Antonio, TX, Dallas, TX, Olympia, WA, College Station, TX, Ft Belvoir, VA, Ft Campbell, KY, Ft Worth TX, St Louis, MO, Pasadena, TX & Houston, TX.
Graduated Brackenridge HS'50 San Antonio, TX
BS Degree Ind Ed Technology Texas A&M 1954
US Army Combat Engineers Lt '54-'56, Ft Campbell, KY
Aircraft design draftsman '56-'61, Ft Worth, TX
Married Dorthene McDuff (father J Pete McDuff d. '58, mother Lillian Ray d. 1989) in Ft Worth, TX '61
Power plant construction office engineer '61-'66 at Ft Worth, TX and St Louis, MO
Spacecraft and Astronaut test project engineer at NASA-JSC '66-'75 Houston, TX
Safety and Health mgr for Northrop & Lockheed at NASA-JSC '75-'94
Retired , Houston, TX '94-present Our new home was completed
and we moved in, March 1968 , and still here- now Jan 2023, nearly 55 years. My mother (a single parent because my father abandon us when I was 9 months old during the Depression) and I moved during 1940, before WWII started, to seven addresses, and I attended three elementary schools. During the 6yrs of elementary school, I attended 8 schools; two of which I attended twice in non-consecutive years, in San Antonio, Dallas, TX, and Olympia, WA. During 3yrs of junior high school in San Antonio, I lived at 7 different addresses, but one school.
Just 3 addresses in 3yrs of one high school.
Hobby: photography and genealogy research with my wife who has researched families for over 40yrs (before personal computers, internet, email, cell phones, no printer or scanner; using pencil, paper, typewriter, microfilm, library books, copy machines @ 10c to 15c a page , dial telephones and US mail).
Daughter: Dianne b.1962 d.2010 m.1984 Chris Connealy- Fire Chief for Houston, TX 2000-2003
Grandsons: Brent, Detective, Houston Police Dept ; Kyle, school principal, Austin, TX

Born July 1932 in San Antonio TX; dad George O W Randall; mother Frances L Stienhans; have lived in San Antonio, TX, Dallas, TX, Olympia, WA, College Station, TX, Ft Belvoir, VA, Ft Campbell, KY, Ft Worth TX, St Louis, MO, Pasadena, TX & Houston, TX.
Graduated Brackenridge HS'50 San Antonio, TX
BS Degree Ind Ed Technology Texas A&M 1954
US Army Combat Engineers Lt '54-'56, Ft Campbell, KY
Aircraft design draftsman '56-'61, Ft Worth, TX
Married Dorthene McDuff (father J Pete McDuff d. '58, mother Lillian Ray d. 1989) in Ft Worth, TX '61
Power plant construction office engineer '61-'66 at Ft Worth, TX and St Louis, MO
Spacecraft and Astronaut test project engineer at NASA-JSC '66-'75 Houston, TX
Safety and Health mgr for Northrop & Lockheed at NASA-JSC '75-'94
Retired , Houston, TX '94-present Our new home was completed
and we moved in, March 1968 , and still here- now Jan 2023, nearly 55 years. My mother (a single parent because my father abandon us when I was 9 months old during the Depression) and I moved during 1940, before WWII started, to seven addresses, and I attended three elementary schools. During the 6yrs of elementary school, I attended 8 schools; two of which I attended twice in non-consecutive years, in San Antonio, Dallas, TX, and Olympia, WA. During 3yrs of junior high school in San Antonio, I lived at 7 different addresses, but one school.
Just 3 addresses in 3yrs of one high school.
Hobby: photography and genealogy research with my wife who has researched families for over 40yrs (before personal computers, internet, email, cell phones, no printer or scanner; using pencil, paper, typewriter, microfilm, library books, copy machines @ 10c to 15c a page , dial telephones and US mail).
Daughter: Dianne b.1962 d.2010 m.1984 Chris Connealy- Fire Chief for Houston, TX 2000-2003
Grandsons: Brent, Detective, Houston Police Dept ; Kyle, school principal, Austin, TX

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