Richard Roudebush
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
In office October 12, 1974 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Donald Johnson
Succeeded by	Max Cleland
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	Fred Wampler
Succeeded by	Bud Hillis
Constituency	6th district (1961–1967) 10th district (1967–1969) 5th district (1969–1971)
Personal details
Born	Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-01-18)January 18, 1918 Noblesville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	January 28, 1995(1995-01-28) (aged 77) Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Butler University (BA)

Richard Lowell Roudebush (January 18, 1918 – January 28, 1995) was an AmericanWorld War II veteran who served five terms as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1961 to 1971.

Born on a farm in Hamilton County, nearNoblesville, Indiana, Roudebush attended Hamilton County schools. He graduated fromButler University,Indianapolis, in 1941.

He served in theUnited States Army from November 18, 1941, to August 12, 1944, as a demolition specialist for the Ordnance Department in Middle Eastern, North African, and Italian campaigns. He was a farmer and a partner in a livestock commission company. He served as National Commander of theVeterans of Foreign Wars in 1957–1958, and as chairman of the Indiana Veterans Commission from 1954 to 1960.

Roudebush was elected as aRepublican to theEighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971). He was not a candidate in 1970 for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theUnited States Senate against incumbent DemocratVance Hartke in the closest Senate election in Indiana history.^{[citation needed]}

He later served as theAdministrator of Veterans Affairs from 1974 to 1977.

He died inSarasota, Florida on January 28, 1995, and was buried inArlington National Cemetery.^[1] The Richard L. Roudebush V.A. Medical Center in Indianapolis was named in his honor.

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  Wernher von Braun and Roudebush (L) discuss Apollo models.
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  Representative Roudebush and other members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visit theMarshall Space Flight Center on March 9, 1962, to gather first-hand information of the nation's space exploration program.

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