KNIGHT COMMANDER'S ACCOLADE
Douglas W. Hanisch
Jerome J. “Jerry” Richardson, Sr.
Epsilon Tau– Northern Arizona '98
Delta–Wofford ’57 CONFERRED:
CONFERRED: July 29, 2021, by Knight Com-
mander C. Douglas Simmons III during Session I of the 79th Convention at The Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. The Knight Commander’s Accolade was created to recognize excellence in leadership and service to the Order. It's the highest individual honor an alumnus can receive.
As a two-term Number I of his chapter, Doug also served as committee chairman for multiple committees, including philanthropy and IFC. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northern Arizona University. He joined the staff of the National Administrative Office as an Educational and Leadership Consultant in January 2002 and served until May of 2003. Doug has worked for nearly two decades in the banking industry. He is a Vice President for First Western Trust in Englewood, Colorado. In 2008, then Knight Commander J. Michael Duncan appointed Doug as Neal Province Commander. He also restarted the Neal Court of Honor. He served on the Alumni Engagement Task Force from 2015–2017. He serves as the chairman of the Sigma Gamma Commission for graduates of the United States Air Force Academy. He is a member of Forever KA, the Loyal Order, and the Crimson & Gold Society. Doug volunteers for the organization Outdoor Buddies which assists mobility-disabled people and at-risk youth experience the outdoors activities. He lives in his childhood hometown of Evergreen, Colorado, with his wife Cori and two daughters, Avery and Bergen. They love to ski, camp, mountain bike, hunt, and kayak.
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October 18, 2021, by Knight Commander C. Douglas Simmons III, at the office of Jerry Richardson in Charlotte, N.C. with Former Knight Commander Ben W. Satcher Jr. (Delta Omicron– Clemson ’79), KAOEF Chairman Derick S. Close (Alpha Omega–North Carolina State ’78), and Executive Director Larry Stanton Wiese (Gamma Omega–Midwestern State ’87). Jerry was born in Spring Hope, N.C., and attended Wofford College. He served as IFC President and in the Student Council Association Cabinet. At Wofford he holds the records for single game receiving yards, and single season and career touchdown receptions. In 1958 was drafted into the NFL by the defending champions, the Baltimore Colts, playing two seasons. After opening the first Hardee’s in Spartanburg, S.C., and co-founding Spartan Foods, he became CEO of Flagstar, then S.C.’s largest publicly traded company with 2,500 restaurants, overseeing 123,000 employees and $3.7 billion in revenue as the sixth-largest food service company in the U.S. He retired in 1995. In 1991, Richardson Sports applied to the NFL for an expansion club in Charlotte. In 1993, the Carolina Panthers became the 29th franchise. He is a 7-year member of the Crimson & Gold Society and belongs to the Frampton and Smith Courts of Honor. He is married to his college sweetheart Rosalind Sallenger Richardson. They have three children; Mark, Ashley Allen, and the late Jon Richardson. They have nine grandchildren and live in Charlotte.
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