S-8

                                        As filed with the
                                        Securities and Exchange
                                        Commission on
                                        May 30, 1996
                                        Registration No. 2-
                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                             FORM S-8

                   REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                    THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                   RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.
        (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Delaware                           36-2096643
(State of Incorporation)      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
40W267 Keslinger Road, LaFox, Illinois       60147
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

                   RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.
              STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR ARNOLD R. ALLEN
                     (Full title of the plan)

                        William G. Seils,
       Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
                   Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
                      40W267 Keslinger Road
                      LaFox, Illinois 60147
             (Name and address of agent for service)
                          (708) 208-2370
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities
to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of
this Registration Statement and under terms of options granted.

                 Calculation of Registration Fee
Title                         Proposed  Proposed
of                            Maximum   Maximum        Amount
Securities     Amount         Offering  Aggregated     of
Being          Being          Price Per Offering       Registration
Registered     Registered(1)  Share    Price          Fee

Common Stock   21,487         $ 8.00    $171,896.00    $ 59.27
$.05 Par Value  4,125         $ 8.125   $ 33,515.63    $ 11.56
               11,781         $12.95    $152,563.95    $ 52.61
               37,393           (2)           (2)         (2)
               Shares

Class B Common 21,486         $ 8.00    $171,888.00    $ 59.27
$.05 Par Value  4,125         $ 8.125   $ 33,515.63    $ 11.56
               11,782         $12.95    $152,576.90    $ 52.61
               Shares
                                             Total     $246.88

(1)  The Registration Statement also includes an indeterminable
     number of additional shares of Common Stock and Class B Common
     Stock that may become issuable pursuant to the antidilution
     adjustment provisions of the Plan.
 
(2)  This Registration Statement includes an additional 37,393
     shares of common Stock, $.05 par value, which may be issued
     upon conversion of the Class B Common Stock in accordance with
     the terms thereof.  Since Common Stock issued upon conversion
     will be issued for no additional consideration, no additional 
     registration fee is required with respect to the registration
     thereof.

Exhibit Index on page 6

                             PART II

        INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference

     Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (the "Company") hereby
incorporates into this Registration Statement by reference the
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"):

     (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended
(the "Securities Exchange Act") for the fiscal year ended May 31,
1995;

     (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act since the end of the Company's
fiscal year ended May 31, 1995; and

     (c)  The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File
No. 0-12906) as to the description of the Company's securities set
forth in item 4 therein, including any amendment or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of
this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

     The Company hereby incorporates into this Registration
Statement by reference its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File
No. 33-8696) effective November 13, 1986, as to the description of
its Class B Common Stock, $.05 par value, set forth under the
heading "Terms of Common Stock and Class B Common Stock," including
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.


Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
authorizes indemnification of directors, officers and employees of
Delaware corporations.  Article VII of the Company's by-laws (i)
grants indemnification of directors and officers (the
"Indemnitees") under specified circumstances to the fullest extent
authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, (ii)
provides for the advancement of expenses to the Indemnitees for
defending any proceedings related to the specified circumstances,
(iii) gives the Indemnitees the right to bring suit against the
Company to enforce the foregoing rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses, and (iv) authorizes the Company to
maintain certain policies of insurance to protect itself and any of
its directors, officers or employees.  The Company currently
maintains policies of insurance under which the directors and
officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject
to the limitations of the policies, against certain expenses in
connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, to
which they are parties by reason of being or having been such
directors or officers.  Pursuant to the authority of Section
102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware the Company's
certificate of incorporation contains a provision which eliminates
the personal liability of a director of the Company for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the
extent limited by such statutory provision.
 .
Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

     The exhibits to the registration statement are listed in the
Exhibit Index elsewhere herein.

Item 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales
     are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
     registration statement:

               (i)       To include any prospectus required by
          Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
          events arising after the effective date of the
          registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
          amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
          information set forth in the registration statement;

               (iii)     To include any material information with
          respect to the plan of distribution not previously
          disclosed in the registration statement or any material
          change to such information in the registration statement;

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability
     under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
     amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
     relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
     of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
     amendment any of the securities being registered
     which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

     (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling persons of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.


                          EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                  Filing Method

4.   Copy of the Richardson Electronics, Ltd.          E
     Stock Option Plan for Arnold R. Allen

5.   Opinion of William G. Seils                       E

21.  List of Subsidiaries                              E

23.  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                      E    
     Consent of William G. Seils 
     (contained in Exhibit 5)                          

                              



                            SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town
of LaFox and the State of Illinois on the 29th day of May, 1996.

                              RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.


                              By: /s/ Edward J. Richardson
                                   Edward J. Richardson
                                   Chairman of the Board,
                                   President and Chief Executive
                                   Officer


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

     By his signature, each of the following persons constitutes
and appoints each of Edward J. Richardson and William G. Seils as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all documents
which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or
advisable to enable Richardson Electronics, Ltd. to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities Exchange Commission in connection
with the registration under said Act of Shares of Common Stock,
$.05 par value and Shares of Class B Common Stock, $.05 par value,
to be offered or sold by said corporation pursuant to its Stock
Option Plan for Arnold R. Allen, including but not  limited to a
Registration Statement and any and all amendments including
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, 
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
thereof.

     Signature                Title                    Date
                         Chairman of the Board,
                         President, Chief
/s/ Edward J. Richardson Executive Officer and    
Edward J. Richardson     Director (Principal
                         Executive Officer)       May 29, 1996

                         Vice President and
                         Chief Financial Officer
                         And Director   
/s/ William J. Garry     (Principal Financial and 
William J. Garry         Accounting Officer)      May 29, 1996

/s/ Dennis R. Gandy
Dennis R. Gandy          Director                 May 29, 1996

/s/ Joel Levine
Joel Levine              Director                 May 29, 1996

/s/ Arnold R. Allen
Arnold R. Allen          Director                 May 29, 1996

/s/ Scott Hodes
Scott Hodes              Director                 May 29, 1996

/s/ Samuel Rubinovitz
Samuel Rubinovitz        Director                 May 29, 1996

/s/ Kenneth J. Douglas
Kenneth J. Douglas       Director                 May 18, 1996

/s/ Jacques Bouyer
Jacques Bouyer           Director                 May 29, 1996

/s/ Harold L. Purkey
Harold L. Purkey         Director                 May 17, 1996

____________________
Ad Ketelaars             Director                 May ___, 1996

EX-4

                  MEMORANDUM OF OPTION AGREEMENT


     THIS MEMORANDUM OF AN OPTION AGREEMENT which was previously agreed to by
the parties is made and entered into at LaFox, Illinois as of the 12th day of 
May, 1987, by and between Richardson Electronics, Ltd., a Delaware corporation
(such corporation together with its predecessor, Richardson Electronics, Ltd.,
an Illinois corporation, is hereby referred to as the "Company"), and Arnold
R. Allen (the "Optionee").

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Optionee have entered into a letter
agreement dated August 23, 1985 supplemented by a memorandum dated December 3,
1985, regarding the employment by the Company of the Optionee (the "Employment
Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Employment Agreement provides that the Company and the
Optionee will enter into an agreement pursuant to which the Company will grant
to the Optionee the right to acquire stock in the Company; and

     WHEREAS, a portion of that right was satisfied by the grant to Optionee
of an Option on September 4, 1985 to purchase 3,506 shares of Common Stock and
3,506 shares of Class B Common Stock at an exercise price of $14.26 per share
(adjusted for 3-for-2 stock split and recapitalization and reincorporation)
under the Company's Employee's Incentive Stock Option Plan; and

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Optionee have now agreed upon the terms
upon which the balance of such rights will be granted.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
and agreements of the parties hereto herein contained, the parties hereby
agree as follows:

     1.   Grant of Option.  In consideration of the services rendered and to
be rendered to the Company (or its subsidiaries) by the Optionee the Company
hereby grants to the Optionee an option to purchase a total (subject to
adjustment for fractions as provided below in this Section 1.) of up to 33,994
shares of the $.05 per share par value Common Stock of the Company and 33,994
shares of the $.05 per share par value Class B Common Stock of the Company for
an aggregate of 67,988 shares (the "Option Shares"), at a purchase price of
$14.25 per share, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein (the "Option").  Upon its vesting and becoming available for purchase,
each Option Share shall entitle the Optionee (or his legal Representative as
defined below in Section 2(b)) to acquire one-half share of Common Stock and
one-half share of Class B Common Stock.  No fractional shares will, however,
be issued upon exercise.  Upon the exercise of any Option Share all fractional
shares of Class B Common Stock shall be converted into fractional shares of
Common Stock and be combined with the fraction of Common Stock for which the
Option is exercised to make a whole share.

     2.   Time of Exercise.
     (a)  Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section 2 set forth below, the Option may be exercised, in whole or in part,
and the option Shares may be purchased by the Optionee (or, in the event of
the Optionee's death, by his Legal Representative (as defined at Section
(e)(v) below)) in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 below, at any
time or times after the date of this Agreement as set forth above (the "Grant
Date").

     (b)  Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the right of the
Optionee to acquire Option Shares hereunder shall vest and Option Shares shall
become available for purchase by the Optionee or by his Legal Representative
only at the following times and in the following increments:

          (i)  for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 1986 the number of
Option Shares which shall vest and first become available for purchase by the
Optionee on the Effective Date (as defined below at Section 2(e)(iii)) for
such year shall be equal to the excess, if any, of the product obtained by
multiplying (X) the Performance Percentage (as defined below at Section
2(e)(vi)) for such year by (Y) fifteen thousand (15,000) over (Z) 1,762;

          (ii)  in each fiscal year of the Company during the period
commencing on June 1, 1987 and terminating at such time as all of the Option
Shares have become available for purchase hereunder, a number of Option Shares
shall vest and first become available for purchase by Optionee on the
Effective Date for such year.  The number of Option Shares which shall first
become available for purchase in each such fiscal year shall be equal to the
product of (X) the Performance Percentage for such fiscal year multiplied by
(Y) fifteen thousand (15,000).

Once Option Shares have become available for purchase, the Optionee shall
retain the right to acquire them until this Agreement or his rights hereunder
terminate.

     (c)  (i) In the event that the Optionee's full time employment with the
Company (or its subsidiaries) terminates, by reason of the death or disability
of the Optionee, or by virtue of the fact that the Optionee has failed to
perform his duties in a satisfactory manner, or by the voluntary act of the
Optionee, prior to the time at which all of the Option Shares become available
for purchase, the Optionee (or, in the event of Optionee's death, the Legal
Representative of the Optionee) shall have the Option to acquire the following
Option Shares:

          (A)  any Option Shares to which the Optionee held an unexercised
vested right to purchase at the time of such termination of employment, plus

          (B)  if the Optionee's employment is terminated after the
commencement of a fiscal year but prior to the Effective Date for such fiscal
year, any Option Shares which would have become vested and first available for
purchase upon the Effective Date for such fiscal year if the Optionee had been
then employed by the Company, plus

          (C)  a pro-rata portion (as hereinafter defined) of the Option
Shares which would have vested and first been available for purchase had the
Optionee remained in the employ of the Company until the Effective Date of the
next succeeding fiscal year.  The term "pro-rata portion" shall mean the
product obtained by multiplying (X) the number of such Option Shares which
would have first become vested and available for purchase on such Effective
Date if the Optionee had been employed by the Company on such Effective Date
times (Y) a fraction the numerator of which fraction is the number of days in
the fiscal year which had elapsed as of the date of the termination of
employment of the Optionee and the denominator of which is 365.

          (ii)  In the event that the Company terminates the employment of
the Optionee for any reason other than as set forth in Section 2(c)(i), the
Optionee shall have the right to acquire all of the Option Shares. (iii)  Any
Option Shares which the Optionee (or his legal representative) has the right to
purchase under this Section 2(c), shall first become available for purchase at
the times set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 

     (d)  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
right of the Optionee or his Legal Representative to exercise any Options
hereunder shall terminate ninety (90) days after:

          (i)  the date of termination of employment with respect to Option
Shares available under subparagraph (c)(i)(A) above,

          (ii)  the Effective Date referred to in subparagraph (c)(i)(B)
above with respect to Option Shares available under subparagraph (c)(i)(B)
above, and

          (iii)  the Effective Date referred to in subparagraph (c)(i)(C)
above with respect to Option Shares available under subparagraph (c)(i)(C)
above, and.

          (iv)  the Effective Date on which the last remaining Option Share
becomes available for purchase with respect to Option Shares available under
subparagraph (c)(ii). 

     (e)  For purpose of this Section 2 the following terms shall have the
meanings herein set forth.

          (i)  "Actual Profit" for any fiscal year shall be the net after tax
profit which is reported by the Company in its audited financial statements for
such year included in the annual report which the Company sends to its
shareholders for such year.

          (ii)  "Base Profit" for any fiscal year shall be the Actual Profit
of the Company for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

          (iii)  "Effective Date" for any fiscal year shall be the day on
which the then acting certified public accountant of the Company finally
certifies the. Actual Profit of the Company for the immediately preceding
fiscal year.

          (iv)  "Goal Profit" for any fiscal-year shall be that amount
established by the Company as such in its budget for such year.  In the event
that the Company fails to establish a Goal Profit in its budget for a fiscal
year, the Goal Profit for such year shall be its Actual Profit for the
immediately preceding fiscal year increased by twenty percent (20%).

          (v)  "Legal Representative" shall mean the person or persons,
including any bank or trust company, who shall be the duly appointed, qualified
and acting executor or executors of the last will and testament of the Optionee
or the duly qualified and acting administrator will annexed, or administrator
to collect the estate of the Optionee.

          (vi)  "Performance Percentage" for any fiscal year shall be 

          (A)  if Actual Profit is less than Goal Profit but exceeds Base
Profit, the percentage obtained by dividing:

               (1)  the excess, if any, of Actual Profit for the immediately
preceding fiscal year over the Base Profit for such immediately preceding
fiscal Year; by

               (2)  the excess, if any, of Goal Profit for the immediately
preceding fiscal year over the Base Profit for such immediately preceding
fiscal year; or

          (B)  if Actual Profit equals or exceeds Goal Profit, the percentage
obtained by dividing:

               (1)  Actual Profit for the immediately preceding fiscal year,
by
               (2)  Goal Profit for the immediately preceding year; or 

          (C)  if Actual Profit is less than or equals Base Profit, zero.

          (D)  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in
the event that the Company, at any time hereafter or for any fiscal year or
part thereof, either revises the formula upon which executive bonuses are
calculated under the Executive Bonus Plan of the Company (a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof by this reference) or
otherwise adjusts the manner in which such bonuses are calculated whether due
to projected losses or in order to reflect the effect upon corporate earnings
of any transaction entered into by the Company which is not in the ordinary
course of business, a corresponding revision or adjustment shall be made to the
Performance Percentage (or to one or more of its component factors, as the case
may be).

     (f)  This Agreement and the Option herein granted shall terminate on that
date when all rights to purchase Option Shares shall end as provided in
subparagraphs (c) and (d) of Section 2.  Upon termination of this Agreement all
right to purchase vested an unpurchased Option Shares and unvested Option
Shares shall terminate.

     3.   Manner of Exercise.  The Option may be exercised only by
appropriate written notice delivered to the Company in person or sent to the
Company by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, at its principal offices at 40W267 Keslinger Road, LaFox, Illinois
60147, Attn: E. J. Richardson and W. G. Seils.  Each such notice of exercise
shall state the number of Option Shares in respect of which the Option is being
exercised and shall be signed by the Optionee (or, in the event that the Option
is being exercised by the legal representative of the Optionee, shall be signed
by such legal representative and shall be accompanied by a copy of the
Optionee's death certificate and such other proof, satisfactory to counsel for
the Company, of the right of such person to exercise the Option).  Notices sent
by registered or certified mail shall be effective only when received by the
Company.  Each such notice shall be accompanied by (a) a copy of this Option
Agreement, (b) payment of the full aggregate purchase price of the Option
Shares purchased, (c) payment in full of the aggregate amount of the
withholding taxes, if any, attributable to the transfer of the stock pursuant
to the exercise of the Option, and (d) such other documents or instruments as
the Company may require to comply with the then current Federal or state income
tax or securities laws.  The withholding taxes and the purchase price for such
Option Shares shall be paid either by cash or a certified or cashier's check
payable to the order of the Company.  No Option Shares shall be issued in
connection with an exercise of the Option until payment both for such shares
and for their related withholding taxes has been made.

     4.   Delivery of Certificates.  The Company shall deliver the
certificates for the Option Shares as soon as possible.  The Company shall not,
however, be required to issue or deliver any certificate for the Option Shares
upon the exercise of the Option prior to compliance by the Company with any
requirements of the then current Federal or state securities laws or of any
stock exchange on which the Option Shares may at that time be listed.  The
Optionee (or his legal representative) shall have no interest in the Option
Shares unless and until certificates for such Option Shares are issued to him.

     5.   Anti-Dilution Adjustment.  In the event that the number of
outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company shall be changed by
reason of split-ups or combinations of shares or recapitalizations or by reason
of stock dividends, the number of Option Shares and the purchase price per
Option Share shall be appropriately adjusted, as determined by the Company, to
give proper effect to such changes.
     6.   Options are Non-Transferable.  The Option may not be assigned,
transferred, pledged, or hypothecated in any way whether by operation of law or
otherwise (except for the laws of descent and distribution), and shall not be
subject to execution, attachment, or similar process.  The Option may be
exercised only by the Optionee during his lifetime and, after his death, may be
exercised only by his Legal Representative (as that term is defined in Section
2).  Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, or other
disposition of the Option contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of
any attachment or similar process upon the Option, shall be null and void and
without effect.  The Company shall have the right to terminate the Option, in
the event of any such assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, other
disposition of the Option, or levy of attachment or similar process, by notice
to that effect to the person then entitled to exercise the Option, provided,
however, that termination of the Option hereunder shall not prejudice any
rights or remedies which the Company or a subsidiary corporation may have under
this Agreement or otherwise.

     7.   No Guarantee of Employment.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed or construed in any manner to constitute a contract of employment
between the Company and the Optionee and shall not affect the right of the
Company to terminate the employment of the Optionee.

     8.   Miscellaneous.
     (a)  The Option may not be exercised with respect to a fraction of any
Option Share.

     (b)  This Agreement contains all of the undertakings and understandings
between the Company and the Optionee regarding the subject matter of the
Option.  No oral or unwritten undertaking or understandings exist with regard
to this Option and if claimed or believed by any person to exist shall be
disregarded and shall not be relied upon for any purpose.  No modification or
amendment of any of the terms of the Option shall be valid if not made in
writing and no such writing shall be binding on the Company unless executed by
a duly authorized corporate officer and attested by its secretary or assistant
secretary.

     (c)  This Option shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Illinois.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Option Agreement to be
executed by its duly authorized corporate officers, and the Optionee has
hereunto set his hand and seal, all as of the date and year first above
written.

                              RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.
                              By: /s/ Edward J. Richardson
                                   Edward J. Richardson,
                                   Chairman of the Board

ATTEST:
/s/ William G. Seils
William G. Seils
Secretary
                              OPTIONEE:
                              /s/ Arnold R. Allen
                              Arnold R. Allen

EX-5

May 30, 1996



The Board of Directors of
Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
40W267 Keslinger Road
LaFox, IL  60147

Gentlemen:

This opinion is delivered to you in connection with the registra-
tion statement ("Registration Statement") on Form S-8 being filed
by you ("Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 30, 1996 relating to the registration for sale and issuance by
the Company, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
37,393 shares of the Common Stock, par value $.05 per share and
37,393 shares of the Class B Common Stock, par value $.05 per
share, of the Company, upon exercise of options issued pursuant to
the Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Arnold R.
Allen (the "Plan").

I have examined the Company's restated certificate of incorporation
and by-laws, as amended, the registration statement, the Plan, the
records of corporate proceedings adopting the Plan and such other
instruments and documents as I deemed material to this opinion.

Based upon the foregoing examination, I am of the opinion, that up
to 37,393 shares of Common Stock, $.05 par value, and 37,393 shares
of Class B Common Stock, $.05 par value of the Company, when sold
and issued upon exercise of options in accordance with the terms
and provisions of the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

I hereby consent to the reference to me under the caption "Interest
of Named Experts and Counsel" in the registration statement and to
the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the registration
statement.

                              Very truly yours,

                              /s/ William G. Seils

                              William G. Seils

EX-21

                            Exhibit 21

                           SUBSIDIARIES
                                OF
                   RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.


               Richardson Electronics Canada, Ltd.     Canada                   

               Richardson Electronics (Europe) Ltd.    United Kingdom           

               RESA, SNC                               France                   

               Richardson France SNC                   France

               Richardson Electronics Italy SRL        Italy                    

               Richardson Electronics Iberica, S.A.    Spain                    

               Richardson Electronics GmbH             Germany             

               Richardson Electronics Japan K.K.       Japan                    

               Richardson Electronics Pte Ltd.         Singapore           

               Richardson Electronics S.A. de C.V.     Mexico    

               Richardson Electronics Benelux B.V.     The Netherlands

               Richardson Electronics do Brasil Ltda.  Brasil

               Richardson Electronics Pty Limited      Australia

               Tubemaster, Inc.                        United States
               

EX-23

                                        EXHIBIT 23



                 Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
Stock Option Plan for Arnold R. Allen of our report dated July 12,
1995, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. included or incorporated
by reference in its Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended
May 31, 1995.


                              Ernst & Young LLP

May 29, 1996