Richard A.

Cheatham Bio

Dick Cheatham is an independent scholar and educator,
a professional speaker and journalist. With a passion for
making important lessons from History interesting and
relevant for us today, he speaks to all sorts of audiences
from business executives and Congressional staff
members to families and students of all ages. He has
always been fascinated by why people do what they
do and sees History as the perfect laboratory for
investigating this intriguing and important question.

His memorable presentations, often spellbinding portrayals of people from Americas
past, are designed not only to entertain but to provoke thought and additional
consideration in his audience members. His character portrayals as Pocahontas
husband John Rolfe, Richard Henry Lee, Captain Meriwether Lewis, President John Tyler,
Captain Richard Manson and others demonstrate that classic leadership and
motivational lessons and fundamental human nature have not changed throughout
recorded history and are not likely to in the foreseeable future.

He is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, one of Americas top schools of leadership,
with a Degree in History and Liberal Arts. A Virginia native, he was a syndicated weekly
newspaper columnist and covered the Virginia State Capitol and the Governors Office
for years as a television journalist.

In addition to thousands of presentations to all sorts of groups throughout this country
and internationally over the past twenty five years, he has appeared on the BBC, PBS
and The Learning Channel and has been featured on Entertainment Tonight with John
Tesh and Mel Gibson and on the Voice of America and in numerous newspaper and
magazine articles around the country.

Among many other projects, Dicks business, Living History Associates, Ltd., has had the
contract with the National Park Service to tell Jamestowns story at the original site for
over twenty years. He has presented the historically accurate Jamestown story to
hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps more than anyone else.

Living History Associates, Ltd.
PO Box 27272
Richmond, VA 23261
(804) 262-4542
www.LHALtd.com
Email Inquiries to - Patti@LHALtd.com