Background
Spencer, Richard Aldrich was born on April 26, 1944 in Providence. Son of Samuel and Dora Innis (White) Spencer.
Spencer, Richard Aldrich was born on April 26, 1944 in Providence. Son of Samuel and Dora Innis (White) Spencer.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1966). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1969). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1969.
Member, Maine House of Representatives, 1975-1978 and House Chairman, Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary, 1976-1978.
Worked at Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in Municipal Law, Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Lobbying. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Maine. Member, Maine House of Representatives, 1975-1978 and House Chairman, Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary, 1976-1978.
Member: Maine Trial Lawyers Association.
National Institute of Municipal Legal Officers.
Republican Maine House of Representatives, Augusta, 1974-1978, chairman judiciary committee, 1975-1978. Member Maine Democratic State Committee, Augusta, 1976-1978. Trustee Maine Audubon Society, Portland, 1980-1986, president, 1990-1992.
President Portland Shoreway Access Coalition, Portland, 1989-1990. Vice president Portland Trails, since 1990. Member American Bar Association, Cumberland County Bar Association, Maine Bar Association (chairman continuing legal education 1980-1982), Maine Trial Lawyers Association, National Institute Municipal Legal Officers.
Married Alice Dodge Brown, August 24, 1968. Children: Samuel, Benjamin, Jane.