Background
Silliman, Richard George was born on August 11, 1922 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles B. and Mabel Ellen (Winegar) Silliman.
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Silliman, Richard George was born on August 11, 1922 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles B. and Mabel Ellen (Winegar) Silliman.
Bachelor of Arts History, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1946; Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1949.
Attorney, various United States agys., Chicago, 1949-1952; attorney, assistant secretary, Elgin National Watch Company, Illinois, 1952-1959; secretary, general attorney, Elgin National Watch Company, Illinois, 1959-1962; assistant general counsel, Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, 1962-1975; associate general counsel, Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, 1975-1982; secretary, associate general counsel, Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, 1982-1987.
Past president, honorary director Quad-City Symphony Orchestra, Moline and Davenport, Iowa, 1968-1987. Board directors, trustee Upper Rock Island County Young Men’s Christian Association, Moline, 1965-1987. Board directors Police-Fire Commission, Elgin, 1957-1961.
Board directors, secretary Elgin Young Men’s Christian Association, 1955. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member Illinois State Bar Association (past Chairman of Commission on corporation law department), ShortHills Country Club (Moline), Union League (Chicago.
Married Mary L. Yost, June 12, 1945. Children– Martha Jane, Charles R.