Spokesman Review
Saturday, September 7, 2002

Richard Chisholm
Spokane
Memorial service for Richard B. Chisholm, 58, will be
at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Hamblen Park Presbyterian
Church. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge
of arrangements. Mr. Chisholm, who was born in
Bellingham, was a 22-year resident of Spokane.
He died Tuesday.
He graduated from Washington State University with a
bachelor's degree in education in 1966. He earned a
master's degree in education from Western Washington
University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in education
administration from WSU in 1976.
Mr. Chisholm was the assistant superintendent of
schools in Kelso, Wash., before coming to Spokane in
1980. He was the assistant superintendent of schools
for School District 81 for 14 years before retiring
from education in 1994. He then became the vice
president of human resources for Empire Health.
He was a member of the Spokane South Rotary Club, the
Spokane Club, the Manito Golf and Country Club and the
WSU Alumni Association. He attended Hamblen Park
Presbyterian Church and was a member of the board of
the Inland Northwest Blood Center.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Barbara; two
sons, Andrew Chisholm of Sammamish, Wash., and Matthew
Chisholm of Spokane; two brothers, David Chisholm of
Clear Lake, Wash., and Don Chisholm of Coeur d'Alene; a
sister, Becky Benson of Coeur d'Alene; and his father,
Robert Chisholm of Gig Harbor, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane
County Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.