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Helen Richards-Nethercutt (born September 12, 1952) is an American autism philanthropist.

Career

Helen Wilkins was born in 1952 in Buckingham, Illinois and graduated from Herscher High School in 1969. She married U.S. Army specialist John Richards and adopted the name Helen Richards. They had two children, Travis and an autistic son Trent. In 1980 she had a divorce and moved to Las Vegas, where she worked at a grocery store and would meet Jack Nethercutt II whom she later married. The couple operated a luxury restaurant named Boison's near the Las Vegas Strip. She became a financial contributor for the USC Trojans athletic program and donated for the Galen Center, Merle Norman Stadium, USC Trojans beach volleyball, and the Spirit of Troy marching band.

Autism charity

She has donated to several autism schools and charities within California, Nevada, and Illinois. She became a major financial contributor to the Exceptional Children's Foundation (ECF) based in Culver City, California.

References

1. ^ Yohnka, Dennis. "Helen Nethercutt fights for autistic son". The Daily Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
2. "Look at fine car owner, Hersher graduate, Helen Nethercutt". The Daily Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
3. "John R. Richards". Herscher Pilot. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
4. Yohnka, Dennis. "Former Buckingham resident, autistic son relish life out West". The Daily Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
5. Kragen, Aubrey. "USC Alum's Company Changes Course During Crisis". USC Athletics. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
6. "Helen Nethercutt by USC Women of Troy". Exposure. Retrieved 2020-09-02.

External links

• https://uscwot.exposure.co/helen-nethercutt

• Autism activists
• Nethercutt-Richards family
• American women in business
• Living people
• 1952 births
• 21st-century American women