Richard Xander:  

Life After graduating from Woodward I attended Montgomery Jr. College, University of Florida, University of Maryland and then decided that I wanted to continue in the family tradition and joined the Metropolitan Police Department in October 65'. I married my childhood sweetheart, Jo Wells, in April 66'. We had two girls, Robin Lynn (11/68) and Susan Lynn (12/70). I returned to school in 67' and graduated from A.U. in 69'. Jo and I were divorced in 81'. In 83', after living in Maryland for most of my adult life, I moved back into the city. I lived on Orchid St. N.W. until I retired in August 89'. Most of my career was spent in the various investigative assignments. From 75' to 85' I was detailed to the U.S. Capitol Police where I was the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division. While assigned to the Hill, I ran into Mr Gault (Woodward English teacher) who was working for the House, Owen Bradshaw (Class of 59') who was also an employee of the House and Les Sidel , who was with the United States Attorney's Office. Upon retiring, I purchased a Civil War era farm outside of Luray, Va. on the Shenandoah River. There I spent the next 13 years restoring the home and outbuildings and establishing a vacation rental business on the property. I remarried in October 97'. My wife, Tammy and I worked on the place together and enjoyed traveling to out of the way places. In April 00', Tammy was criticly injured while we working on a project on the farm and died 12 hours later. So, I decided to do something that I had ...Expand for more