Richard Scudder
Richard Betts Scudder (May 13, 1913 – July 11, 2012) was an American
Scudder is also considered an innovator and pioneer of newspaper recycling. He founded the Garden State Paper Company, which later became one of the world's largest newspaper recycling companies.[2]
Biography
Scudder was born to Edward Wallace Scudder and Katherine Hollifield Scudder, on May 13, 1913, in Newark, New Jersey.[1]
Scudder graduated from the
In 1983, Scudder partnered with
Scudder died at his home in the
Ancestry
Scudder was named for Richard Betts Scudder, an ancestor who fought in the French and Indian War.[1] Another ancestor, Colonel Nathaniel Scudder, was one of two delegates from New Jersey who signed the Articles of Confederation.[1]
In September 1883, Scudder's grandfather, Wallace M. Scudder, founded the former Newark Evening News.[1] Scudder's father, Edward Wallace Scudder, operated the newspaper.[2]
Eight generations of Scudders have graduated from Princeton University, starting with a member of the school's first class. According to its alumni department, the Scudders are Princeton's largest alumni family. A small sample includes U.S. Rep. John A. Scudder (1775), Rev. John Scudder M.D. (1811), Edward Wallace Scudder I (1841) Hon. George Drake Scudder (1876), Edward W. Scudder II (1903), Charles Damarin Scudder I (1907), Charles Damarin Scudder II (1935), and Charles Damarin Scudder III (1963), and brother Edward Wallace Scudder III (1935). Richard Scudder's son and multiple grand kids have attended Princeton University. Richard B. Scudder (1935), and Edward W. Scudder (1935), together made the gift for Scudder Plaza in honor of their father, Edward Wallace Scudder (1903).