Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Heise Robert
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/02/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS LTD/DE [REL]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
40W267 KESLINGER ROAD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Vice President and GM of DSG
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

LAFOX, IL 60147		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common $.05 par value 3,066 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 09/14/2001(2) 09/14/2010 Common Stock $.05 pv 10,000 $ 13.813 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 09/21/2002(3) 09/21/2011 Common Stock $.05 pv 10,000 $ 7.06 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 09/10/2005(4) 09/10/2014 Common Stock $.05 pv 4,115 $ 7.75 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10/19/2006(5) 10/19/2015 Common Stock $.05 pv 2,358 $ 8.35 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10/17/2007(6) 10/17/2016 Common Stock $.05 pv 2,000 $ 8.58 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 09/22/1999(7) 09/22/2008 Common Stock $.05 pv 1,000 $ 7 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10/27/2000(8) 12/06/2009 Common Stock $.05 pv 1,050 $ 6.75 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Heise Robert
40W267 KESLINGER ROAD
LAFOX, IL 60147		       Vice President and GM of DSG  

Signatures

Lisa Currie, attorney-in-fact for Robert Heise 02/02/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 509 shares of stock fully vested on May 31, 2005. Does not include 4,101 shares allocated to the account of the reporting person under the Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Employees Stock Ownership Plan and Trust ("ESOP") to which shares beneficial ownership disclaimed.
(2) Option fully vested as of 9/14/2005.
(3) Option fully vested as of 9/21/2006.
(4) Option granted to reporting person, which is exercisable in 823 share increments on 9/10 of each succeeding year, beginning 9/10/2005.
(5) Option granted to reporting person, which is exercisable in 472 share increments on 10/19 of each succeeding year, beginning 10/19/2006.
(6) Option granted to reporting person, which is exercisable in 400 share increments on 10/17 of each succeeding year, beginning 10/17/2007.
(7) Option fully vested as of 9/22/2003.
(8) Option fully vested as of 10/27/2004.

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