Paul Jerome Richert was born on February 11, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. He married Pamela Dorothy Furmage. Richert was a chemist for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He later left chemistry and worked as an educator, becoming an assistant principal in the Clark County School District.

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Paul J. Richert oral history interview, 1976 March 29. OH-01567. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.