Richard attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn where he represented his school on the mathematics team and in his final year was rewarded with achieving the top rank among all New York school pupils.
Richard, nag-aral Abraham Lincoln High School sa Las kung saan siya ay kinakatawan ng kanyang paaralan sa matematika team at sa kanyang huling taon ay gantimpala sa itaas na makuha ang ranggo sa lahat ng New York paaralan nag-aaral.