Born in Pensacola, August 10, 1919, he was the son of Paul Howard Brock Sr. and Ethel Nixon Brock. Richard attended school in Pensacola and at the University of Florida. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Scabbard and Blade, ROTC honorary. He married Jeanne Dupuy of Little Rock, Ark., April 18, 1942. He rejoined the U.S. Army in August of 1941. He served as officer in the Infantry Replacement Centers until going to the Philippines to join troops for the first wave invasion of Japan. He separated from the service with the rank of major in February 1946. The Brocks moved to Tallahassee in 1947, where he was vice president of Southern Pine Extracts Co. until 1962, when he joined the Florida Development Commission. He was asked to serve at the request of the governor to promote business and industry, and the guidelines he wrote for the Florida import-export business were adopted for the federal government. Upon retirement, he served as a lobbyist for the state. In Tallahassee he was a member and president of the Tallahassee Rotary Club. He was a board member, drive chairman and president of the Leon County Unit of the American Cancer Society; and a board member, drive chairman and president of the Leon County United Fund. He was a member of the Cotillion Club, a founding member who had two consecutive terms as president of the Town Club, and was an accredited Judge of the American Camellia Society. He was also a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. He was a vestry member and senior warden of the Vestry, a layreader licensed by the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, and was a member of the Diocesan Executive Council.
Born in Pensacola, August 10, 1919, he was the son of Paul Howard Brock Sr. and Ethel Nixon Brock. Richard attended school in Pensacola and at the University of Florida. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Scabbard and Blade, ROTC honorary. He married Jeanne Dupuy of Little Rock, Ark., April 18, 1942. He rejoined the U.S. Army in August of 1941. He served as officer in the Infantry Replacement Centers until going to the Philippines to join troops for the first wave invasion of Japan. He separated from the service with the rank of major in February 1946. The Brocks moved to Tallahassee in 1947, where he was vice president of Southern Pine Extracts Co. until 1962, when he joined the Florida Development Commission. He was asked to serve at the request of the governor to promote business and industry, and the guidelines he wrote for the Florida import-export business were adopted for the federal government. Upon retirement, he served as a lobbyist for the state. In Tallahassee he was a member and president of the Tallahassee Rotary Club. He was a board member, drive chairman and president of the Leon County Unit of the American Cancer Society; and a board member, drive chairman and president of the Leon County United Fund. He was a member of the Cotillion Club, a founding member who had two consecutive terms as president of the Town Club, and was an accredited Judge of the American Camellia Society. He was also a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. He was a vestry member and senior warden of the Vestry, a layreader licensed by the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, and was a member of the Diocesan Executive Council.
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