Richard (Dick) Larson is a newer member of our Rotary Club but has been a member for over 50 years with clubs in West Bend, Naples Florida and Madison Downtown.
After graduation from the University of Wisconsin he was commissioned a regular officer in the United States Air Force and planned to make the Air Force his career. After a year in Korea during the war and a Pentagon assignment he resigned his commission as a major to become a bank president in West Bend.
Retiring as CEO in 1993 he continued as Board Chairman until 2005. After retirement in 1993 Dick and his wife, Gail, became Florida residents but bought a home in Madison where they spent the summers. They sold their Bonita Beach home and became permanent Madison residents in 2013. They moved to the independent living facility of Newcastle in 2017.
During his banking career Dick served on a number of advisory boards including the Federal Reserve Advisory Board and the Freddie Mac Advisory Board in Washington D.C. and as a director and vice chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago for several years and is a past chairman of the Wisconsin Banking Association. He also served several years as chairman of the Washington County Republican Party and is a past vice chairman of the State Republican Party.