Richard Sheffield:
CLASS OF 1950
Wilton Place Elementary SchoolClass of 1950
Los angeles, CA
Valley View Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Simi valley, CA
Hollywood High SchoolClass of 1956
Los angeles, CA
Fairfax High SchoolClass of 1956
Los angeles, CA
John Burroughs Junior High SchoolClass of 1953
Los angeles, CA
Richard's Story
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Before graduating at Cal State, I started teaching at Moorpark Elementary; then we moved to the Simi Valley area where I taught elementary school (Knolls & Berylwood), acting, drama and Spanish at Valley View for a total of 9 yrs. In 1972, We moved to Mexico, and I taught for a while, worked in a family store and settled into raw hide sales for the tanning industry. I was with the same people under 3 or 4 different company names for some 25 years and then started my own hide company closing its doors in 2000. In 1992 I was elected to the board of trustees of our municipal zoological park, a volunteer position, and finished my work with the Bo...Expand for more
ard after 6 yrs as its president. After leaving the zoo's Board of Trustees, I finished, after a 30+ yr delay, my Ph.D. In 2004 I was invited to return to the zoo as its new general curator. That's what I'm doing today.
I've also been active in Rotary, sister cities progam, produced a documentary on Bela Lugosi ("B.L. Hollywood's Dracula") and co-wrote with Gary Rhodes a biography of Lugosi ("B.L. Dreams & Nightmares")
More recently, we formed a film production company, Shefgosi & Ser Films, and started off with our first 30 minute film,
"La Niña". We're working also to form a national film museum and promoting professional film production in Leon.
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