Background
Hooker, Richard Alfred was born on June 11, 1951 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Richard Francis and Avonne June (Welty) Hooker.
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Richard Alfred Hooker
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Bachelor, Denison U., 1973; Juris Doctor, Washington & Lee University, 1976.
Career
Associate, Schmidt, Howlett, Vant Hof, Snell & Vana, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976-1982; partner, Schmidt, Howlett, Vant Hof, Snell & Vant, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1982-1983; partner, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, 1983-1989; partner, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Kalamazoo, since 1989. Co-chair labor and employment practice group, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors The Adventure Center at Pretty Lake, Kalamazoo, since 1992, president,1993-1995. Member, participant Leadership Kalamazoo, since 1990, vice president advisory board, 1994-1995, president advisory board, 1995-1996. Campaign chairman Kent County Chapter.Am.
Cancer Society, Grand Rapids, 1988-1989. Member Kalamazoo Area Labor-Management Committee, 1989-1995. Coach Odyssey of the Mind, Kalamazoo, 1989, 90.
Member American Bar Association (labor and employment law section since 1978, management co-chairman labor section, committee unemployment compensation law 1992-1996, commission on state labor law development since 1997), Industrial Rels. Research Association (Vice-President S.W. Michigan chapter 1992-1994, president 1994-1995), Michigan Bar Association (labor and employment section), Kalamazoo Bar Association, Grand Rapids Bar Association, Kalamazoo County Chamber ofC. (employment/workplace committee since 1989, chairman 1993), Kalamazoo Country Club.
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Married Jan Wells, August 24,1974. Children: Jillian Wells, Andrew Welty.
