Rick Rescorla - Personal Life

Personal Life

Rick Rescorla and his first wife, Betsy, met as students at the University of Oklahoma, where he studied creative writing, and obtained both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in English. They married in Dallas in 1972 and Rescorla attended the Oklahoma City University School of Law. The Rescorlas' first child was born in South Carolina in 1976 and their second 1978, while they lived in Chicago. The family moved to New Jersey in 1984.

Rescorla was survived by his wife, Susan Rescorla, two children, three stepchildren and his mother, who died in 2002.

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