[1] Park Merino Convalescent Center, Pasadena, CA.
Father: Frederick William Kinsinger
Mother: Lillian Anna Richter
Sister: Margaret Rose Richter (b. 1892)
Wife: Lillian Brand Richter (b. 1899, m. 19-Jul-1928, d. 6-Nov-1972, lymphoma)
University: University of Southern California
University: BA Physics, Stanford University (1920)
University: PhD Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1928)
Professor: California Institute of Technology (1937-70)
Scholar: University of Tokyo (1959-60)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Seismological Society of America
Fulbright (1959)
Nervous Breakdown (1921)
Heart Attack (Jul-1984)
Eponyms Richter Scale
Risk Factors: Nudism
