Richard Plotz

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Richard Plotz founded the Tolkien Society of America in 1965 at the age of 17. Starting with a few fellow enthusiasts who met at the Alma Mater statue of Columbia University in New York, it rapidly grew nationally and internationally to over 2,000 members. When Plotz was a Harvard freshman he was sent by Seventeen magazine to write a celebrated interview with J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the few he ever granted.

Following his graduation from Harvard, Plotz did graduate work in biochemistry and received his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He has become a nationally known expert in gynecologic cytopathology. He is also an expert genealogist and is a member of the Operations Committee of JewishGen, Inc., the Internet affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

A native of Brooklyn, Plotz now lives in Providence, Rhode Island and works in Boston.