Richard Arthur Frederick Otto – 50th Reunion Essay

Richard Arthur Frederick Otto

Rafo65@aol.com

Spouse(s): Karen M. Effinger (1971)

Child(ren): Katy (1978), Amanda (1981)

Grandchild(ren): Sydney (2005), David (2015)

Education: Magdalen College, Oxford, 1978; King’s College, London, 2016

National Service: Commander, US Navy ’69–’76

Career: Service in Mediterranean, with embarked Marine battalion off Vietnam, and in Panama ’69–’76. Foreign affairs career since 1982; in Stuttgart, Germany ’88–’90 when the wall came down; visits to Russia and Eastern Europe ’95–2000: Vienna, Austria 2000–2005.

College: Saybrook