Tuesday July 28, 2009
Homeless Man Leaves a Surprise: $4 Million for NPR and nonprofits
Richard Leroy Walters was a retired engineer from AlliedSignal Corp.; an honors graduate of Purdue with a master’s degree; and a Marine. He never married, didn’t have children, and was estranged from his brother.
Rita Belle, a registered nurse at a Catholic Mission in Phoenix who was one of Walters’s few friends, said when he retired from his job, he evidently retired from the world of material comforts. However, among his few remaining possessions was a radio.
