- To supplement his meagre college existence he was a cartoonist at the college paper, Top O' the World. He did many outstanding political and feature cartoons including a series on the life of Winston Churchill.
- An experimental aircraft, registered to Richard Van Vleet, crashed in Lockwood Valley, CA on March 26, 2010. Neither Richard nor his passenger were hurt - the crash was attributed to mechanical failure.
- Worked his way through college dramatic training by washing pots and pans at school cafeteria while rehearsing singing parts as he worked.
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