Author

Richard Lechthaler

A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Richard Lechthaler served three years in the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, attended the London School of Economics, and worked on New York’s Madison Avenue before city life soured in The Big Apple. He moved to Vermont along with his new wife in 1968. There, he discovered that while the state was changing, precious remnants of the old Vermont remained. He worked for six years as director of marketing at Stratton Mountain Ski Resort before joining Northeast Planning Associates, a regional financial planning firm. He retired in 2019 and sat down and wrote his first book. Dick and Carole raised three children and now enjoy helping raise their four grandchildren. They are all pleased to call Vermont home.