January 27, 2012 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 158, Pt. 1 399 trying, the most difficult, and the most filled World War II ended, he flew six missions over that a successful intercollegiate athletics and with tension,’’ Soviet-bloc ships approached Europe with the 303rd Bomb Group. recreation program for men and women con- the U.S. Navy ships surrounding the island. He then finished his education at Yale Uni- tributes substantially to campus life and com- Much to the relief of the nation and the world, versity, where he gravitated to journalism and munity interaction. on orders from Premier Nikita Khrushchev, wrote a column for the Yale Daily News. Upon While at CSU Stanislaus, Dr. Richards and Soviet ships reversed course and the danger graduation, Mr. Wilson was hired by Life mag- his staff took Warrior Athletics to new heights of what would surely have been a nuclear war azine as an office boy and worked his way up among the Nation’s NCAA DII elite intercolle- was averted. through the ranks from researcher to reporter giate athletics programs. During his time at Dean Rusk famously remarked of that inci- to foreign correspondent. He covered the Ko- CSU Stanislaus, student-athletes graduated at dent that, ‘‘We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I rean War and the French Indochina War be- a rate higher than the general student body think the other fellow just blinked.’’ fore becoming Washington Bureau chief in while maintaining a stellar 3.0 class room On the day President Kennedy was shot, charge of coverage of the U.S. government. In grade point average as a group. Other accom- Mr. Wilson was again at the helm of the USIA, 1960 he joined the Kennedy presidential cam- plishments by Dr. Richards, his coaches, stu- working to reassure the nation’s people that paign and became deputy director of the USIA dent-athletes, and friends of the program dur- the democratic process would continue as de- in 1962. ing Richard’s tenure at CSU Stanislaus in- scribed in the Constitution of the United States In 1957, he married Susan Neuberger, a re- clude: and that their lives and safety would not be al- searcher at Life magazine, who, he states in More than 355 student-athletes were named tered by the assassination. his autobiography, impressed him immediately to all-conference, all-region, and All-American Proud of the fact that the USIA had become with ‘‘her crisp questions and easy sense of honors, as well as receiving accolades as all an integral part of U.S. foreign policy during humor.’’ In 1978, she was appointed to the academic student-athletes at various levels. his tenure, Mr. Wilson left the agency in 1965 New Jersey State Board of Education and 24 Warrior Athletics teams participated in to return to his first employer, Time Inc., subsequently devoted 23 years to the Network NCAA postseason play. More than $6 million dollars was secured in where he became general manager of Time- for Family Life Education, now Answer, a non- private funds for the Intercollegiate Athletics Life International. profit organization that promotes education on He took a leave of absence in 1968 to work program. sexuality. She and Don are the parents of Three separate student fee referendums on Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign three children, Dwight M. Wilson, Katherine L. were passed by CSU Stanislaus students in and was 50 feet behind Kennedy when he Wilson and Penelope Wilson. support of the Athletics program, including the was shot. At that point, Mr. Wilson wrote, he In the 1960s Don and Susie Wilson moved referendum for the recently completed $16 decided not to be involved again in govern- to Princeton, and when Mr. Wilson retired from million state-of-the-art Student Recreation ment service. Speaking for himself and his Time Inc., he and George Tabor, formerly Complex, and two additional referendums to wife Susan Wilson, he stated, ‘‘Two assas- Time magazine’s business editor, launched support Warrior Athletics. sinations, which had broken our hearts, were NJBIZ, a business paper covering the state of Prior to joining CSU Stanislaus, Dr. Rich- enough.’’ Nonetheless in 2000, at the age of New Jersey. He co-founded the nonprofit ards served as Director of Athletics at the 74, he made a brief return to the political Independent Journalism Foundation in 1991 State University of New York at Albany. In this arena during the primaries to support Bill with James Greenfield, a former New York capacity, Dr. Richards provided the needed Bradley’s campaign for the presidential nomi- Times editorial board member. Following the leadership to move the Albany Intercollegiate nation. collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, Athletics program from NCAA DIII classifica- In 1970, Mr. Wilson was named Vice Presi- the IJF sponsored training programs for jour- tion to NCAA Division I status. dent for Public Affairs at Time Inc., a position nalists in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. A native of Liverpool, New York, Dr. Rich- he filled for the next 19 years, where he initi- He was a member of the Century Association ards worked in Division IA athletics for 11 ated internal and external communications and the Council on Foreign Relations in New years at Kansas State University and Temple programs, including the school program, York City. University. As Director of Athletics at Kansas ‘‘Time to Read,’’ matching contributions for Don Wilson died at peace in the arms of his State, Dr. Richards was responsible for an employees who donated to charity, and the beloved wife, Susie, shortly after a Thanks- athletics program which totaled 14 sports with development of a new and modern Time Inc. giving celebration filled with tributes from his an $8.5 million budget. Under his leadership, logo. News tours took him to Southeast Asia, children and grandchildren. the program reached new heights in athletic the Middle East, and Europe. His interest in politics continues to live on in fundraising. He was at the helm in 1984 when Israeli the Donald M. Wilson Fellowship at the Robert From 1982–1991, Dr. Richards enjoyed a General Ariel Sharon sued Time magazine for F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human nine-year association with Temple University, libel. Although Time won the case, it lost the Rights. His legacy as an imaginative and inno- a Division IA institution in Philadelphia. He public relations war, Mr. Wilson states in his vative communicator continues on. spent six of those years as Associate Athletics autobiography. In retrospect, Mr. Wilson be- f Director, a position that included the job of lieved that the case should have been settled Chief Financial Officer. In that role, he man- before it went to court. Another explosive story HONORING DR. MILTON RICHARDS aged all of the administrative and operational in 1971 was a test of Mr. Wilson’s skill in pub- aspects for the Temple University Department lic relations. An authorized biography of reclu- HON. JEFF DENHAM of Intercollegiate Athletics. At Temple Univer- sive billionaire Howard Hughes was scheduled OF CALIFORNIA sity, Dr. Richards also served as an adjunct to be excerpted in Life. Before being exposed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES faculty member for the Temple University Col- as a fraud by Hughes himself, the author lege of Education teaching graduate and un- Friday, January 27, 2012 Clifford Irving provided material he said was dergraduate courses in Education Administra- handwritten by Howard Hughes that experts Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion. deemed authentic. The story unraveled before acknowledge and honor former California Dr. Richards is completing a second five- the excerpts were published. State University Stanislaus Director of Ath- year term as a member of the West Virginia Don Wilson was born in Montclair, New Jer- letics, Dr. Milton Richards, who in November University School of Physical Activity and sey, on June 27, 1925. Republican Calvin 2011, after 12 years as the Director of Ath- Sports Sciences President’s Visiting Com- Coolidge was president and the George letics at the California State University mittee. The Visiting Committee is an advisory Washington and Golden Gate Bridges had not Stanislaus, announced he was leaving to take board established to provide input to WVU yet been built. Mr. Wilson’s interest in politics a position as Athletic Director at Simon Fraser President James Clements and College Dean began at an early age, and he was avid in his University in British Columbia. Dana Brooks, on all matters related to the col- support for Franklin Roosevelt, despite the fact He intends to lead Simon Fraser University lege. Dr. Richards is a member the West Vir- that his father was a Republican. He attended on their journey to becoming a full-fledged ginia University Hall of Fame and earned three Montclair Academy, Deerfield Academy in member of the National Collegiate Athletics degrees from WVU, including an Ed.D (1983), Massachusetts. In 1943 he joined the U.S. Association (NCAA). He is guided by the belief a MS (1982), and a BS (1980). He has also Army Air Corps and was commissioned a sec- that intercollegiate athletics is an integral part authored several articles on issues related to ond lieutenant as a B–17 navigator. Before of the overall mission of the university, and intercollegiate athletics. VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:59 Feb 23, 2017 Jkt 019102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR12\E27JA2.000 E27JA2 rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD 400 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 158, Pt. 1 January 27, 2012 Dr. Richards is the father of two children— HONORING CHIEF RICKY WATSON ing the Optimist Club Service to Youth Award.