James L. Richardson Jr., who has extensive experience in the areas of development and non-profit management and previously served as director of development and alumni relations at both Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, and Southern Methodist University Law School, has been named development officer at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

Richardson, who holds a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from The University of Texas at Arlington, also has served as director of national fund-raising for the U.S. Olympic Committee and as vice president of the Community Service Bureau of Dallas.

Rick Keith, director of development at U. T. Dallas, said Richardson would be "a very strong addition to UTD's fund-raising and development team at a time when public universities are being called on to raise more money from private sources."