Andrews, Richard Earling

1924 - 2003  (79 years)

• Name	Andrews, Richard Earling  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Born	26 May 1924	Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	20 Mar 1950	Baltimore, Maryland, USA   [2]
  Died	18 Jun 2003	Fairfax County, Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 5, 6, 10]
  Person ID	I19903	Our Family | Weiss Lang Family Branch, Mergentheimer Family Branch
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Albersheim, Anne Gertrude
  Children	1. Andrews, Peter Richard   2. Andrews, Walter Joseph   3. Andrews, Bronwen
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F7593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 May 1924 - Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 20 Mar 1950 - Baltimore, Maryland, USA Died - 18 Jun 2003 - Fairfax County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Erling Andrews, 79, who retired in 1979 as a budget adviser to the Commerce Department's assistant secretary for science and technology, died June 18 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He had sepsis. Mr. Andrews, an Alexandria resident, began his government career as a Social Security Administration clerk in Baltimore in 1942. He settled in the Washington area a decade later and did personnel work for the Civil Service Commission. From 1956 to about 1970, he worked for the Budget Bureau as an examiner of Defense Department budgets. He then went to Commerce. He was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and a 1952 sociology graduate of the University of Maryland. He served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. His avocations included bird-watching. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Anne Albersheim Andrews of Alexandria; three children, Walter Andrews of Sterling, Bronwen Skinner of Salem, Ill., and Peter Andrews of Fairfax; a sister; and four grandchildren. Richard Erling Andrews, 79, who retired in 1979 as a budget adviser to the Commerce Department's assistant secretary for science and technology, died June 18 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He had sepsis. Mr. Andrews, an Alexandria resident, began his government career as a Social Security Administration clerk in Baltimore in 1942. He settled in the Washington area a decade later and did personnel work for the Civil Service Commission. From 1956 to about 1970, he worked for the Budget Bureau as an examiner of Defense Department budgets. He then went to Commerce. He was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and a 1952 sociology graduate of the University of Maryland. He served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. His avocations included bird-watching. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Anne Albersheim Andrews of Alexandria; three children, Walter Andrews of Sterling, Bronwen Skinner of Salem, Ill., and Peter Andrews of Fairfax; a sister; and four grandchildren. Richard Erling Andrews, 79, who retired in 1979 as a budget adviser to the Commerce Department's assistant secretary for science and technology, died June 18 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He had sepsis. Mr. Andrews, an Alexandria resident, began his government career as a Social Security Administration clerk in Baltimore in 1942. He settled in the Washington area a decade later and did personnel work for the Civil Service Commission. From 1956 to about 1970, he worked for the Budget Bureau as an examiner of Defense Department budgets. He then went to Commerce. He was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and a 1952 sociology graduate of the University of Maryland. He served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. His avocations included bird-watching. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Anne Albersheim Andrews of Alexandria; three children, Walter Andrews of Sterling, Bronwen Skinner of Salem, Ill., and Peter Andrews of Fairfax; a sister; and four grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

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