Long-serving trustee and benefactor of Daniel Webster College will be missed

 

(Nashua) — Martin R. Richmond, of Cambridge, Mass., long-serving trustee and benefactor of Daniel Webster College, died last week at age 87. “Marty” and his wife Miriam W. Richmond were instrumental in their support of the construction of the college’s magnificent Eaton-Richmond Center, the crown jewel of the Nashua campus. The Eaton-Richmond Center features 35,000 square feet of innovative classroom and laboratory space with enhanced computer access for instruction in computer science, information technology, software engineering, and airway science. The beautiful two-story brick building is highlighted by a glorious clock tower.

 

During the late 1990s, Martin and Miriam Richmond wanted to see the $3 million Federal Aviation Administration grant the college had secured leveraged for the future for the construction of an instructional facility to support the airway science curriculum and emerging distance-learning technologies. The Richmonds joined with the Joseph E. Eaton family in contributing the naming gift for the Eaton-Richmond Center. The Richmond family chose to place Martin’s name on the center in recognition of his role in leading the institution since shortly after its founding in 1965. Groundbreaking for the $6.2 million brick learning center was held October 16, 1999.

 

A trustee emeritus, Martin was first elected to Daniel Webster’s Board of Trustees in 1977. He was a founder and vice president, corporate and technical planning, of Sanders Associates in Nashua, now BAE. A research engineer, Mr. Richmond was instrumental in setting the technological direction of the company for over 20 ears. He held 38 U.S. patents and remained active in the company until his retirement in 1987. A native New Yorker and seasoned pilot, Mr. Richmond held a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. He was a recipient of the Founders Award of Daniel Webster College. Mr. Richmond had also been a director of Indianhead National Bank.

 

In 1996, his son Robert Richmond endowed an annual lecture in his father’s name “to foster stimulating discussion on the campus.”

 

According the Daniel Webster President, Dr. Robert E. Myers, “Martin and Miriam’s commitment and dedication to Daniel Webster College will forever be a part of the college campus, as well as college history. The Richmond family has left a legacy that fulfills the college’s leadership role as New England’s center for professional education and will inspire leaders and scholars for years to come.”