Oral History of Richard Dickerson Conducted March 24th, 2025 By Mary Katherine Grace McNamee
Transcript of Interview of Richard Dickerson and Mary Kate McNamee.
Interviewee
Dickerson, Richard (Dick)
Interviewer
McNamee, Mary Kate
Interview Date
3-24-2025
Description
Richard “Dick” D. Dickerson, a proud native of Appalachia Ohio, shifted from architecture to civil engineering after Ohio University dropped the architecture program. He graduated top of his class in 1980 and began a long career in the energy sector, founding Utility Technologies International Corporation. In 2018, he transitioned the company to employee ownership and became chairman of the board. Married to Joan for 33 years, they have two children—Abby, an architecture graduate, and Connor, an energy engineering graduate. In 2024, Governor Mike DeWine appointed Dickerson to Ohio University’s Board of Trustees.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2025, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructor
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Keywords
Richard D. Dickerson, Dick Dickerson, Athens Ohio, Appalachia Ohio, Ohio University, Board of Trustees, Oral History, 2025
Disciplines
Oral History
Publication Date
Summer 8-11-2025
Interview Location
Athens, Ohio
Digital Publisher
Ohio University Libraries
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
00:58:35
File Format
audio/mpeg
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Dickerson, Richard and McNamee, Mary Katherine Grace, "Oral History of Richard Dickerson Conducted March 24th, 2025 By Mary Katherine Grace McNamee" (2025). HIST 4798/5798: Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History. 7.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/7
Comments
Interview transcript provided by Mary Katherine G. McNamee.