Dick Coanda
| Richard Joseph Coanda | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard Joseph Coanda October 2, 1931 Wisconsin |
| Died | January 6, 2014 (aged 82) Losa Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Scientologist |
| Years active | 1968-2014 |
| Spouse | Lori (m. 1955-2014) |
| Children | Five children |
Richard (Dick) Coanda, (October 2, 1931 - January 6, 2014) an educator with a PhD in English, is best remembered as ASHOAbbreviation for American Saint Hill Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).
's Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) Special Briefing Course supervisor and word clearer. He was a member of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). for twenty eight years and was on the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) three times. Dick and Lori Coanda were married for over fifty-eight years, a novelty within the Church of Scientology.
Early Years
Richard Joseph Coanda was born October 2, 1931, to Joseph (1910-1970) and Victoria (1908-1979) Coanda. A young Dick Coanda]]While his hometown was Cudahy, Wisconsin, Dick graduated from South Milwaukee High School, class of 1949. When Dick was eighteen years old his mother ran way from home and met a handsome tattooed man who told her he had a job and a car and owned his own home, none of which was true, as she learned after marrying him. She moved in with his parents, who lived in a Rumanian neighborhood.
Dick attended Marquette University as an English Major. In 1955 Dick married Loraine, a marriage that would last fifty-eight years. He graduated with a PhD in Literature at the University of Wisconsin. During this time period Dick was active in the Cursillo Movement in the Catholic Church and served as editor of a small Cursillo newsletter called Ultreya. He was a copyreader for the Milwaukee Sentinel, junior editor of Renascence: A Critical Journal of Letters, editor of the Newman Review, author of more than a dozen articles and reviews for learned journals.
He moved his family to Los Angeles where he accepted a teaching position at the University of Southern California.
Scientology Years
Dick found out about Scientology in 1968 and started attending evening classes at the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles, 2005 West 9th Street. In 1969 Dick moved his family to San Diego where he went to work at the University of San Diego.
Dick's first RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434)
In early 1974 Dick was assigned to the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).'s RPF aboard the Excalibur. In August the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) was pulled off of the ship to make the newly acquired Chateau Elysee ready for FOLOFlag Operations Liaison Office. For days they hauled a bunch of trash out of the basement, after which the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) scraped and painted. Per FLWUS EDAbbreviation for Executive Director. The head of the org. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).# 320, dated August 15, 1974, the following RPFer’s were commended for their work;
Nick Maminakis, Beth MacRae, Ron Stone, Pat Hunter, Doug Nopson, Steve Ambrose, David Holmes, Dick Coanda, Howard Dickman, Sara Reyes, Tom Cochran and Linda Hodge.
In the fall of 1974 Beth MacRae took a picture of the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434), during breakfast, on the bow of the Excalibur. Dick is pictured with his back to the camera. In January 1975, Dick wrote a commendation (see below) to Howard Dickman, which was used in Howard's RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) graduation CSWAbbreviation for "Completed Staff Work". An assembled package of information on any given situation, plan or emergency forwarded to me sufficiently complete to require from me only an "approved" or "disapproved". (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. Dick graduated from the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) and returned to ASHOAbbreviation for American Saint Hill Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)..
On July 4, 2010, Dick was interviewed by David Thomas about his time on the Excalibur's RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434). At time stamp 6:19 to 6:30 Dick had this to say about his Excalibur RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) experience - "The first time I was gone for eleven months. I was aboard the Excalibur, that was a lot of fun actually. I lost thirty pounds. They didn't feed us well, didn't feed us well at all". His full interview can be viewed here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NjAyuVLdQ4
In January 2011, after the publication of Howard Dickman's story of the Excalibur's RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434), Dick wrote the following message -
Quote from Dick Coanda, January 31, 2011 at 5:41 pm;
- Hi Howard, Thanks for this positive report on the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) you and I both served on. What you say is true, but the meals were skimpy — I lost 30 lbs. while there. Others suffered from malnutrition. There was no excuse for that. But we did have good times there. Best, Dick[1]
Picture Gallery
Dick and Lori Coanda
Commendation from Dick Coanda, January 7, 1975
