Lost Dean’s Son Returns to Oceanographic Campus

In the last week of April, Jim Richardson visited the Oceanographic Campus. This was a bittersweet visit, as his father was with a group of researchers who was lost at sea in 1975.

William Springer Richardson (1928-1975), was a Professor and Director of Nova University Oceanographic Center, he was also active as a scientist, inventor, sailor, flier and author. Richardson was head of a team on board Nova’s research vessel Gulf Stream which was lost at sea off the coast of Maine in 1975.

Mr. Richardson was very happy to see how his father’s legacy has expanded into the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography.