Richard W. Burkhardt

Richard Wellington Burkhardt (May 18, 1918 – March 4, 2014) was an American academic. He was the 8th President of Ball State University, from 1978 to 1979. He retired in 1985. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts.
Burkhardt died from natural causes on May 18, 1918 in Muncie, Indiana. He was 95 years old.