History: Richards and Sievering

["Michael P. Grissom" <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

The following obituaries appeared in the March 27, 1997 edition
of the San Jose Mercury News:

>RICHARDS, Robert L., 98,
>
>a longtime executive at DuPont Co. who was part of the
>company's work with the atom bomb and cellophane; March
>8 in Wilmington, Del. Mr. Richards joined DuPont in 1923,
>helped establish its first cellophane factory in Buffalo, N.Y.,
>and was superintendent of its cellophane operations in Old
>Hickory, Tenn., and Richmond, Va.  During World War II,
>he worked in DuPont's explosives department, which had a
>hand in producing the atomic bomb.  In 1954, Mr. Richards
>became a DuPont director and vice president.
>...
>SIEVERING Jr., Nelson Frederick, 72,
>
>the U.S. representative at the International Atomic Energy
>Agency in Vienna, Austria, from 1993 until recently; March
>6 of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Md.  Mr. Sievering, who
>resigned from the agency shortly before his death, was the
>deputy director general for administration of the agency from
>1980 to 1987.  The agency is responsible for inspecting
>civilian nuclear plants to verify that no materials are being
>diverted to military uses.