Background
Merrill, Richard A. was born on May 20, 1937 in Logan, Utah, United States.
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Richard A. Merrill
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Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1959. Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1964). Oxford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1961.
Master of Arts, 1965).
Career
Worked at Covington & Burling. Admitted to the bar, 1964, New New York 1966, District of Columbia.
1980, Virginia.
Rhodes Scholar.
Editor-in-Chief, Columbia Law Review, 1963-1964. Law Clerk, the Honorable Carl McGowan, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1964-1965.
Professor, 1977 and Dean, 1980-1988, University of Virginia Law School. Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, 1975-1977.
Member, United States Administrative Conference, 1976-1977.
Consultant: United States Administrative Conference, 1971-1982. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1978-1980. Member: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator"s Pesticide Advisory Committee, 1983-1985.
Environmental Protection Agency Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee, 1987-1989.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary"s Advisory Committee on the Food and Drug Administration, 1990-1992. American Law Institute.
Institute of Medicine Council, 1985-1988. American Bar Foundation.
Virginia Bar Foundation.
IOM Committee to Study the Food and Drug Administration"s Use of Advisory Committees. Chairman, IOM Committee on the Nutrition Components of Food Labeling. Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA Committee on Institutional Means of Risk Assessment.
Trustee, Food and Drug Law Institute.
Member, American Bar Association/American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, 1983-1987. Director, Monticello, 1988.
Member, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 1987. Director: Environmental Law Institute, 1985-1990.
Imunex Corporation, 1987.
Company-Author: "Administrative Law: The American Public Law System," 3d educated, West Publishing, (1992). "Food and Drug Law: Cases and Materials," 2d educated, Foundation Press (1991).
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Membership
Member, United States Administrative Conference, 1976-1977. Consultant: United States Administrative Conference, 1971-1982. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1978-1980.
Member: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator"s Pesticide Advisory Committee, 1983-1985.
Environmental Protection Agency Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee, 1987-1989. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary"s Advisory Committee on the Food and Drug Administration, 1990-1992.
American Law Institute. Institute of Medicine Council, 1985-1988.
American Bar Foundation.
Virginia Bar Foundation. IOM Committee to Study the Food and Drug Administration"s Use of Advisory Committees. Chairman, IOM Committee on the Nutrition Components of Food Labeling.
Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA Committee on Institutional Means of Risk Assessment.
Trustee, Food and Drug Law Institute. Member, American Bar Association/American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, 1983-1987.
Director, Monticello, 1988. Member, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 1987.
