Background
Cormick, Richard Patrick Mc was born on December 24, 1916 in New York City. Son of Patrick Austin and Anna (Smith) McCormick.
Cormick, Richard Patrick Mc was born on December 24, 1916 in New York City. Son of Patrick Austin and Anna (Smith) McCormick.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1938; Master of Arts, Rutgers University, 1940; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1948.
Historian,, Philadelphia Question Manager Depot, 1942-1944;
instructor, U. Delaware, 1944-1945;
member of faculty, Rutgers University, since 1945;
university historian, Rutgers University, since 1948;
dean, Rutgers College, 1974-1977;
University professor of history, Rutgers College, 1977-1982;
University professor emeritus, Rutgers College, since 1982. Research adviser Colonial Williamsburg, 1953-1961. Fulbright lecturer Cambridge (England) University, 1961-1962.
Commonwealth lecturer U. London, 1971. Chairman.N.J. History Commission, 1967-1970.
Member New Jersey Tercentenary Commission, 1958-1960, American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1971-1974. Member American History Association (scholarly distinction award 2003), Society Historians of Early American Republic (president 1988-1989), New Jersey History Society (president 1950-1957), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Katheryne Crook Levis, August 25, 1945. Children: Richard Levis, Dorothy Irene.