Background
Leggat, Richard Durning was born on July 26, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Cochrane and Esther (Elliott) Leggat.
Leggat, Richard Durning was born on July 26, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Cochrane and Esther (Elliott) Leggat.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1948. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1951.
With firm Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, since 1954, partner, since 1962.
Treasurer Medical Foundation, Inc., 1978-1984, 89-91, president, 1984-1989, trustee, since 1972. President Winsor School, Boston, 1979-1988, trustee, 1973-1992. Trustee Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, since 1990, Laboure Center, Boston, since 1973, Cohasset Conservation Trust, Massachusetts, since 1969.
Chairman Cohasset Charter Commission, 1973-1975. Member alumni council Dartmouth College, 1979-1983. Chairman First Parish Unitarian Church, Cohasset, 1973-1976.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946, 51-54. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, American Law Institute.
Married Patricia Bowler, September 18, 1954. Children: Katharine, Sarah, Deborah, Elizabeth, John B., Robert E.