Dick left the University of Colorado to serve as a Marine Corps aviator in the Korean War flying jet fighters on active duty from 1952-56 and in the reserves from 1956-61 when he was honorably discharged as a captain. Dick’s military awards include the Korean Defense Medal and the National Defense Ribbon. He holds a commercial pilot’s license with multi-engine, instrument, helicopter, jet, and glider ratings. In 1968, he took his company, Bertea Corporation, public as a leading aerospace supplier of hydraulic flight controls with major market penetration in commercial aircraft programs. Dick and his wife Hyla are long-time supporters of Hoag, numerous other Orange County charities, and several military charities including the Iwo Jima Monument West (goal – to build an Iwo Jima Flag Raising Memorial at Camp Pendleton) and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation from whom he received the 2008 Globe and Anchor Award. Dick is currently a member of the MCSF West Coast Gala Campaign Committee leadership, was the founding President of the Orange County Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the Orange County Sheriff’s Advisory Council, and has served on the board of the Los Angeles and Orange County Big Brothers. He has restored and flown two World War II “Warbirds,” a Chance-Vought F4U Corsair and a Douglas AD Skyraider. Dick is 90 and resides with Hyla in Corona del Mar.