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[[File:Richard W Reuter -left- swearing in ceremony; August 1st, 1962.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Richard W. Reuter (left) during his swearing in ceremony as director of ''Food for Peace''.]]
'''Richard Ward Reuter''' (1918–2005) was an American executive known for working at relief agencies.  A [[pacifist]] and a [[conscientious objector]],<ref name="ct-obit">{{cite news | url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-01-12/news/0501120336_1_food-for-peace-program-mr-reuter-care-packages | title=Richard W. Reuter, 86: Made CARE, Peace Corps work | first=Jamie | last=Francisco | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=January 12, 2005}}</ref> he worked with the [[American Friends Service Committee]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="nyt-obit">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/13/us/richard-w-reuter-executive-at-relief-agencies-dies-at-86.html?_r=1 | title=Richard W. Reuter, Executive at Relief Agencies, Dies at 86 | first=Wolfgang | last=Saxon | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 13, 2005}}</ref>  He joined [[CARE]] in 1946 and served as its Executive Director from 1955 to 1962.<ref name="nyt-obit"/>  In that role he led a revitalizing and repurposing of the organization.<ref name="nyt-obit"/><ref name="lat-obit"/><ref name="ct-obit"/>  He also worked in conjunction with the start of the [[Peace Corps]].<ref name="lat-obit"/> He was then appointed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1962 to serve as Special Assistant to the President and Director of [[Food for Peace]], succeeding the founding director, [[George McGovern]].<ref name="nyt-obit"/> He stayed in that role through 1965 when, under President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], the program was subsumed under the [[United States Department of State]].<ref name="nyt-obit"/> There he became Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Food for Peace,<ref name="lat-obit"/> until he left in 1966, reportedly dismayed by the direction the food program was taking.<ref name="nyt-obit"/>  After leaving the government, he worked for [[Kraft Foods]] from 1967 to 1984, becoming a vice president and director of purchasing.<ref name="lat-obit">{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/13/local/me-passings13.2 | title=Richard W. Reuter, 86: Former Head of CARE and Food for Peace | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=January 13, 2005}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/RWRPP.aspx Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers] – John F. Kennedy Library

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