Background
Kiefer, Richard Wagner was born on July 16, 1913 in Baltimore. Son of Herbert G. and Alice May (Volkman) Kiefer.
Kiefer, Richard Wagner was born on July 16, 1913 in Baltimore. Son of Herbert G. and Alice May (Volkman) Kiefer.
AB summa cum laude, Western Maryland College, 1934. Data Control Language with honors, Western Maryland College, 1978. Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, Duke University, 1937.
Private practice, Baltimore, from 1938. Senior partner Hooper, Kiefer & Cornell, 1958-1997. Private practice, from 1997.
Delaware Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968. Trustee West Maryland College, 1967-1985, Emeritus, since 1985.
Trustee Catonsville Presbyterian Church 1951-1963, president, 1951-1954, 56-59, 61-63, elder, 1964-1970, 73-76, 78-84. General counsel Prebytery Baltimore, vice moderator, 1970. General counsel, member executive committee & executive board Baltimore area council Boy Scouts American, president Southeast region, 1973-1976, member national executive committee 1973-1978.
Chairman National Eagle Scouts Association, 1981-1985, member national court honor, 1984-1987. Counsel, board directors McKim Community Association, Inc., president, 1971-1972, 85-86. President, board directors United Presbyterian Ministries Maryland, Inc.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1942-1945. Member American Bar Association (taxation and banking, corporation & business law sections), Maryland State Bar Association (state judicial appointments 1961-1962, 64-65, chairman committee public relations 1967-1968), Bar Association Baltimore City (chairman professional ethics committee 1961, executive council & chairman judicial administration committee 1976-1977), Center Baltimore Club, Rolling Road Golf Club (Cotonsville, Maryland).
Married Susannah Sheridan Cockey, June 30, 1939. Children: Linda Arnold, Mary Josette.