Background
Allen, Richard Chester was born on January 24, 1926 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States.
Allen, Richard Chester was born on January 24, 1926 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948; Juris Doctor, Washington University, 1950; Master of Laws, University of Michigan, 1963.
Associate, Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Douglas, St. Louis, 1950-1952;
member general legal department, Southwestern Bell Telephone Сompany, St. Louis, 1953-1956;
area counsel, Southwestern Bell Telephone Сompany, Topeka, Kansas, 1956-1959;
partner, Gray and Allen, Topeka, 1956-1959;
member faculties, Washburn U. School Law and Menninger School Psychiatry, Topeka, 1959-1963;
professor of law, George Washington University, 1963-1976;
founder, director Institute Law, Psychiatry and Criminology, George Washington University
professor, department chairman forensic science, George Washington University
professor of law, dean, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1976-1981. Fulbright professor, Swaziland, Africa, 1981-1983. Past consultant President' Committee on Mental Retardation.
Past member National Advisory Council on Correctional Manpower and Training. Past chairman commission on mentally disabled and the courts, Minnesota Supreme Court. Broadcaster radio reading service WGCU, Fort Myers, Florida, WUSF, Tampa, Florida.
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Past board directors Minnesota Chartered Life Underwriter, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Mental Health Association Minnesota. Past member Human Relations Review Board, Lee County, Florida. Fellow American Academy Forensic Sciences.
Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association (past board governors), American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), Amnesty International (board directors Southwest Florida).
Son of Chester George and Edith Lydia (Hickford) A. (divorced); children: Steven, Craig, Scott.