Richard Stephen Austin, a native of Blacksburg, Virginia, is the son of Vernon Childrey and Hattie Wiggins Austin. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a B.S. in Biology. LTC Austin is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, and enjoyed a career with the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Labor, as an acquisition officer. He is married to Dorothy Rhea Cochran Austin. The Austins have one daughter, Patricia Louise Austin Ting.

Memberships

• National Society Sons of Colonial New England (Governor General)

• Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662 (Treasurer General)

• Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America (Treasurer General)

• National Society of Sons of the American Colonists (Deputy Governor General

• National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (former Librarian General)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (District of Columbia Branch Governor)

• Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (former Registrar and Counselor of the Virginia and District of Columbia Societies)

Chivalric Orders

• Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni (Officer, KSM Bailie of the East

Notes

Mr. Austin is a former Senior Warden, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Virginia.