Background
Finnegan, Richard Allen was born on February 5, 1932 in Minneapolis. Son of James Clair and Grace Margaret (Mullin) Finnegan.
Finnegan, Richard Allen was born on February 5, 1932 in Minneapolis. Son of James Clair and Grace Margaret (Mullin) Finnegan.
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago, 1957-1958; postdoctoral fellow, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1958-1959; assistant professor of chemistry, Ohio State University, 1959-1963; associate professor medicinal chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1966; professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1966-1986.
Delaware National Convention Socialist Party United States of America, 1966. Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Chemical Society (London), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Organic Chemists Club Western New York (chairman 1964-1965), American Pharmaceutical Association, Academy Pharmaceutical Scis, New York Academy Sciences, American Association of University Professors, American Society Pharmacognosy, Bison City Yacht Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Marchand M. Hall, August 4, 1956(divorced February 1970). Children: Catherine Marie, Sarah Grace, Elizabeth Hope. Married second, Adria M. Rossman Campbell, February 3, 1974 (divorced June 1980).