Thomas Richards (mayor) Development of the Midtown project continued. It was announced on March, 3rd 2014 that Richards was appointed to and will be chairman of the Rochester City School District volunteer board overseeing a $1.3 billion city school modernization program. Richards is a graduate of Bucknell University and Cornell University Law School, and served in the U.S. Navy. Richards is a trustee of the University of Rochester and of George Eastman House. Thomas Richards (mayor) Thomas S. Richards (born July 8, 1943) is an American lawyer, business executive and politician who served as the 68th Mayor of Rochester, New York. From 1972
Lawrie Willett Lawrie Willett Lawrence John "Lawrie" Willett (born 1938) is a former senior Australian public servant and university Chancellor. Willett was born in Brisbane in 1938. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service, in the Department of Customs and Excise, in 1957, after completing his secondary schooling at Brisbane State High School. Willett's early public service positions were in Queensland, before he transferred to Canberra in 1963. Willett worked as a senior Customs representative in Tokyo between 1971 and 1974. Willett was Director-General of the Department of Health between 1983 and 1984. He was the first person with a non-medical background to