Background
Hawkins, Richard Albert was born on March 27, 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert Rice and Florence Marie Elizabeth (Hansen) Hawkins.
administrator medical educator
Hawkins, Richard Albert was born on March 27, 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert Rice and Florence Marie Elizabeth (Hansen) Hawkins.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, San Diego State University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1969; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Phoenix, 1994.
Research fellow Metabolic Research Laboratory Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford (England) University, 1969-1971. Staff fellow in neurochemistry St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, 1971-1972, National Institute of Mental Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism senior staff fellow in neurochemistry, 1972-1974. Chief physical science branch Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, 1974-1976.
Associate professor neurosurgery and physiology New York University Medical Center, New York City, 1976-1977. Professor anesthesia and physiology Pennsylvania State University, Hershey (Pennsylvania) Medical Center, 1977-1988. Professor, chairman physiology and biophysics The Rosalind Franklin University Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, 1988-1993, professor, since 1988.
Executive vice president academy affairs, chief academic officer Herman M. Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, 1993-1998, provost, 1998, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1999—2003, president emeritus, 2003. Honorary professor University Valencia, Spain, since 1989.
Fellow American Heart Association. Member American Physiological Society, American Society Neurochemistry, Bio-chemical Society, Society for Neurosci., Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Enriqueta Elias, May 9, 1964. Children: Richard Alfred, Paul Andrés.