FOR: W.E. NOLAND 10/23/63

Daniel H. Rich Biographical sketch

Born December 12, 1942, in Fairmont, Minnesota (population about 9,000), the third of seven children and only boy. Father, Budd R. Rich, is office supervisor for Fairmont Railway Motors; Mother, Patricia, is a housewife.

Oldest sister at 24 is Judith Rich O’Fallon: Merit scholar, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, B.A. Marquette University (summa cum laude), and M.S. University of North Carolina in statistics. Now instructs at Negro Women’s College in Virginia.

Janet, age 22, B.A. Drake University (magnum cum laude) in English and theater arts. Teaches high school English in Des Moines, Iowa.

Four younger sisters are Barbara,17; Susan,13; Mary Alice,7; and Carol Ann,5.

High School Record. Graduated 6/175 from Fairmont Senior High in 1960. Received "Certificate of Merit" as result of National Merit Scholarship exams. Won honors in music( All-State Orchestra, 1958), athletics (letterman and Region II tennis champion). Was member of National Thespians Society for work in dramatics.

University of Minnesota Record. Awarded a General Motors Scholarship by the University (1960-1964). Lived two years in Frontier Hall dormatory. President of house II and member of hall council. Member of Freshman Cabinent (M.S.A.), and worked on M.S.A. "Symposium". Junior year becamea member of Delta Chi Fraternity, and was elected the organization’s President in 1963-4. Worked about ten hours per week each year.

Hobbies are music, tournament bridge, and intramural tennis.

Most interesting college experience was summer research position working

for W. E. Noland (1963).

Future Plans. Interested in molecular biology, human pathology, and synthesis of biochemical agents.