Background
Burns, Richard Gordon was born on May 15, 1925 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Earl Gordon and Alberta Viola (Whale) Burns.
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Burns, Richard Gordon was born on May 15, 1925 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Earl Gordon and Alberta Viola (Whale) Burns.
Associate of Arts with honors, University California, Berkeley, 1948. Bachelor, Stanford University, 1949. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1951.
Attorney Clausen & Burns, San Francisco, 1951—1961. Consultant Wyoming Pacific Oil Corporation, Los Angeles, since 1956. Private practice Corte Madera, 1961—1986.
Public Good Book Public, Kihei, Hawaii, since 1991. Advisor God's Way Ministry, Inc., since 1997. Executive director Freedom Ranch Maui, Inc., 2003, International Christian Recovery Coalition, 2009.
Consultant United Information Technology Institute, since 2003. Sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946.
President Almonte Improvement Club, Mill Valley, California, 1960. Director Almonte District Sanitary Board, Marin County, 1962—1964. President Chamber of Commerce, Corte Madera, 1972, Corte Madera Center Merchant Company, 1975, Redwoods Retirement Center, Mill Valley, 1980, Community Church, Mill Valley, 1971.
Member of Association Christian Alcohol & Drug Counselors Institute (curriculum advisor), Association Christian Recovery Counselers, Organization American Historians, Research Society Alcoholism, International Substance Abuse and Addiction Coalition, Association Medical Education and Research Substance Abuse, Christian Association Psychological Studies, Maui Writers Guild, American History Association, Coalition Prison Evangelists, Alcohol and Drugs History Society, Stanford Alumni Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Tau Delta.
Married Eloise Estelle Beil, June 23, 1951 (divorced May 25, 1985). Children: Kenneth Charles, Donald Gordon.