former NDSU employee and NDSU Foundation life trustee, was named NDSU’s communications director in 1971 after joining the staff as an editor and photographer in 1963. He received the Blue Key Doctor of Service Award in 1991 and retired in 1993. He was an Army veteran who lived in Fargo. Memorials may be directed to the Jerry Richardson Memorial Fund, NDSU Foundation, Box 5144, Fargo, ND 58105.