Longtime correspondent for CBS News, first on the CBS Radio Network, and later on both CBS radio and the CBS Television Network.
He was one of the featured reporters on CBS Radio's "You Are There"
(1947-1950).
Among his many postings around the world for CBS, he was CBS's first United Nations correspondent.
He was usually introduced as and usually referred to himself (as in "This is..." or similar, purposefully including his middle initial, "C") as Richard C. Hottelet.