Dick Weden ’60

A 1964 ROTC graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Dick Weden ’60 served three years as a captain in the Army. A master’s degree followed, from the Thunderbird School of International Management at Arizona State University. American Express hired Dick after his graduation; he remained with them for 38 years.

My years at Lawrence Academy were the bedrock of my highly successful and exciting professional and personal life since I graduated from Lawrence 60 years ago. Without my education at LA, my life's story would have been completely different!

My journey began in 1958 when I met my suitemate, Roy Smith, a foreign student from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Roy and I became fast friends, and after our first year at Lawrence, he and his family invited me to spend a summer vacation with them in Honduras. This 90-day “vacation” to Honduras opened the door to another world for me! Over the next 50 years, I worked and traveled the globe.

Thirty-seven of my years with American Express, I worked internationally. I worked and lived in Latin American and Asia, overseeing 35 countries. My last assignment was running the American Express Company in Russia and the former Soviet Union. We were in Moscow for nearly 10 years.

We are enjoying retirement, and I am very thankful to Lawrence Academy for preparing me for a full life, well lived!