Richard A. O'Brien (1880–1933) was an American Jesuit official who served as rector of Ateneo de Manila University and athletic director of Boston College.
His father, William J. O'Brien, was a member of the United States House of Representatives and a judge of the orphans' court of Baltimore.
His brother was Frederick O'Brien, author of White Shadows in the South Seas.
[6] That year, O'Brien and BC President William J. Devlin recruited Francis A. Reynolds to the position of graduate director of athletics.
He oversaw the construction of new buildings and the expansion of existing ones so that the work of Ateneo de Manila could continue.