Background
King, Richard Allen was born on July 4, 1944 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Allen Welden and Lola (Donelson) King.
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Richard Allen King
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Bachelor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1966; Juris Doctor cum laude, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1968.
Career
Law clerk, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1967;
associate, Reese, Constance, Slayton, Stewart & Stewart, Independence, Missouri, 1968-1973;
partner, Constance, Slayton, Stewart & King, Independence, 1973-1980;
partner, Cochran, Kramer, Kapke, Willerth & King, Independence, 1980-1981;
executive assistant to governor, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, 1981-1982;
director revenue, State of Missouri, 1982-1985;
partner, Smith, Gill, Fisher and Butts, Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1985-1987;
partner, Wirken & King, Kansas City, 1988-1993;
partner, King, Hershey, Coleman, Koch & Stone, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1993. Assistant city counselor City of Independence, 1968-1969, mayor, 1974-1978. Vice chairman National Conference Republican Mayors, 1975-1977.
Chairman Missouri Governor's Task Force on Cmty. Crime Prevention, 1975-1976. Chairman Kansas City Public Improvements Advisory Committee, 1991-1996.
Chairman KC Team Effort, 1991-1995. President Good Government League, Independence, 1972-1973. Member Missouri Commission Human Rights, 1973-1974.
Board directors Multistate Tax Commission, 1983-1985, Chrisman Sawyer Bank, 1989-1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors American Cancer Society, Independence, 1973-1979, chairman crusade, 1973. Board directors Independence Boys Club, 1972-1979, Independence Cmty. Assn.Arts, 1973-1976, Independence Sanitarium and Hospital, 1974-1978, JeffersonCity Memorial Hospital, 1981-1985, North-East Jackson County Mental Health Center, 1978-1980, Greater Kansas City National Council on Alcoholism, 1978-1981, American Legion Boys State Missouri, since 1975, Jefferson City United Way, 1982-1985, JacksonCounty History Society, since 1999.
President Friends U. Missouri Truman Campus, 1979-1980, Kansas City Consensus, 1989-1990. Trustee Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, 1975-1978, Kansas City U., 1979-1980, Andrew Drumm Institute, since 1990, president of the board of trustees, 1992-1994. Captain United States Army, 1969-1972.
Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Eastern Jackson County Bar Association, Kansas City Bar Association (chairman real estate law committee 1988-1989), National Association Bond Lawyers, International Association Gaming Attorneys, Independence Chamber of Commerce (president 1980-1981), Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi.
Connections
Married Deedee Gershenson, April 19, 1986. Children from previous marriage: Mary, Suzanne, Allen.
