Background
Bateson, Richard Guilford was born on December 16, 1923 in Walpole, Massachusetts, United States.
Bateson, Richard Guilford was born on December 16, 1923 in Walpole, Massachusetts, United States.
AB, Amherst College, 1947. Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1951. Postgraduate (Fulbright scholar).
Postgraduate French law, University Grenoble, France, 1952.
Teaching fellow law Harvard University, 1952-1953. Legal staff World Bank, 1953-1962. Secretary, general counsel, then vice president ITT Europe, Inc., 1962-1968.
Assistant general counsel-international, then associate general counsel parent corporation ITT, Incorporated, New York York City, from 1968, vice president, associate general counsel, from 1970. Vice president, deputy general counsel, director legal operations ITT Europe, Inc., to 1982. Consultant, since 1982.
Served to corporal United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Yvonne Giacopucci, August 26, 1950. Children: Richard F., Peter H.