Background
Babcock, Richard Felt was born on November 3, 1917 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of William Frank and Gertrude (Felt) Babcock.
Babcock, Richard Felt was born on November 3, 1917 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of William Frank and Gertrude (Felt) Babcock.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1940). University of Chicago (Master of Business Administration, 1949. J D., cum laude, 1946).
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, University of Chicago Law Review, 1945-1946. Professor of Law, Duke University, 1984-1986.
Associate firm Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Harper, Chicago, 1946-1948. Partner Overton & Babcock, 1948-1951, Taylor, Miller, Busch & Wagner, Chicago, 1951-1956, Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, Chicago, 1957-1982. Professor law Duke University, since 1984.
Lecturer business law Northwestern University School Commerce, 1951-1958. Lecturer University Chicago Graduate School Business, Chicago, 1953-1954. Adjunct professor Graduate School Urban Sciences, University Illinois.
Visiting professor University Michigan Law School, Santa Clara Law School, Vermont Law School, 1982-1987. Consultant on land use law Ford Foundation, 1960-1962.
Director Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council, Chicago. Commissioner Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1964-1972. Associate director National Volunteers for Stevenson, 1952.
Chairman advisory committee Land Use project American Law Institute. Co-chairman Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1973-1975. Served with American Field Service, 1941-1943.
With British 8th Army 1942-1943, Western Desert. Then with New Zealand Divisional Cavalry. Member American Institute Certified Planners, American Society Planning Officials (president 1970-1971), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Alpha.
Married Elizabeth Vaughn Burlingham, June 12, 1943. Children– Rebecca, Richard, Elizabeth, Catherine, David, John.
