Background
Callahan, Richard Anthony was born on May 26, 1941 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles M. and Claire J. (Johnston) Callahan.
Callahan, Richard Anthony was born on May 26, 1941 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles M. and Claire J. (Johnston) Callahan.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, College of Holy Cross, Worcester, 1963. Master of Science in Invertebrate Biology, University Massachusetts, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Invertebrate Biology, University Massachusetts, 1970.
Director, environmental studies group, United States Air Force Environmental Health laboratories, San Antonio, 1969-1973;
manager, environmental division, Civil Engineering Research Facility, University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1973-1974;
vice-president, director of environmental and life science, Science Applications International Corporation, La Jolla, California, 1974-1981;
co-founder, president, director, Vestar Inc. (now Nexstar), San Dimas, California, 1981-1986;
president, chief Executive officer, director, Idaho Research Foundation, Inc., Moscow, Idaho., 1986-1992;
president, Center Technology Commercialization, Westboro, Massachusetts, since 1992. Board directors Chromatochem Inc., Missoula, Montana.
Chairman of the board, co-founder Advanced Hardware Architectures, Pullman, Washington, since 1988.
Director Very Special Arts-Idaho, Moscow, 1990. Captain United States Air Force, 1969-1973. Member New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Rotary International.
Married Jane P. Koski, August 10, 1963. Children: Christopher, Matthew, Amy.