Larry Richards is Professor Emeritus of Management and Informatics at Indiana University East. Prior to his retirement in 2016, he served a 32 year career in univeristy administrtion at three insitutions: Old Dominion University, Bridgewater State University and Indiana Unversity (Indiana University East and Indiana University Purdue University Columbus). His research interests include decision making, cybernetics and social systems design. He continues to write and present at conferences.