Background

Boyle, Richard David was born on March 26, 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of John Jay and Denzie P. (Lavette) Boyle.

Education

Student, San Francisco State University, 1962.

Career

Reporter San Francisco Chronicle, 1966-1967, Overseas Weekly, Vietnam, 1969-1970. Foreign editor Pacific News Service, worldwide, 1973-1977. Instructor, coach Horizons Unlimited, San Francisco, 1978.

Administrative assistant to Congressman Paul N. McCloskey, 1979-1980. Reporter NBC-Radio, El Salvador, 1980-1981. Director documentary film El Salvador, Below the Volcano, El Salvador, 1984.

Screenwriter feature film Salvador, Los Angeles and Mexico, 1986. Screenwriter, instructor, since 1986. Faculty Film School University Southern California, 1988.

Supervisor California School Funding Measure, 1988.

Works

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• book

  • Flower of the Dragon: Breakdown of the United States Army in Vietnam

    (Trade Paperback; 1972 Ramparts Press. (San Francisco, CA)...)

  • The flower of the dragon;: The breakdown of the U.S. Army in Vietnam

Membership

President Greater Mission Development Council, 1962-1963. Member Mayor's Market St. Development Committee, 1962-1968. Vice president Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Council, 1964.

Representative 42d Democratic Assembly, Los Angeles County (42d district), since 1988. Served with California National Guard, 1957-1965. Member Writers Guild American, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Clubs: Pasadena Democratic.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Driving sports cars, exploring.

Connections

Married Mary J. Boyle, 1966 (divorced 1968). 1 child, Dalio Sean.

father:

John Jay Boyle

mother:

Denzie P. (Lavette) Boyle

spouse:

Mary J. Boyle

child:

Dalio Sean Boyle