Richard Stalder
| Richard Lee Stalder | |
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| Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections | |
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In office 1992–2008 |
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| Succeeded by | James Myles "Jimmy" LeBlanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 23, 1951 Place of birth missing |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Davis Stalder |
| Children |
Jonathan Eli Stalder |
| Parents | Edgar A. and Mildred Strahm Stalder |
| Residence |
Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Penologist |
Jonathan Eli Stalder
Richard Lee Stalder (born March 23, 1951) is the former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, a position to which he was appointed in 1992 by then Governor Edwin W. Edwards. The position is now held by James M. LeBlanc, Stalder's former colleague.
Stalder is one of four children of Edgar A. Stalder (1923-2015) and the former Mildred A. Strahm (born 1923) of Topeka, Kansas. His father was reared on a farm along the Kansas-Nebraska border. After distinguished service under General George S. Patton, with the United States Army in World War II, he received the Silver Star. He was recognized by the historian Stephen E. Ambrose with the placing of Stalder's war memoir at both the Eisenhower Center of the University of New Orleans and in the National World War II Museum in Washington, D.C..
Edgar Stalder worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in New Orleans and later Washington, D.C. He and his wife had four children: Richard, Robert, Ronald and Susan. The children attended local schools in the cities where their father worked.
In 1971, Richard Stalder began working as a prison officer to earn money while he was attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
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