Background
Field, Richard H. was born on May 29, 1903 in Phillips, Maine, United States. Son of Daniel F. and Clara E. (Hinckley) Field.
Field, Richard H. was born on May 29, 1903 in Phillips, Maine, United States. Son of Daniel F. and Clara E. (Hinckley) Field.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1922. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, 1929.
September 1966); children—Mary (Mistress Rienzi B. Parker, Junior), Margaret (Mistress David L. Aronson), Daniel. Married second, Laura Deane Shaw, April 19, 1968. Stepchildren—Robert, Christopher, Elisabeth, Caleb, Arthur, Caroline.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1929, Maine bar, 1973. Member firm Brown, Field & McCarthy, Boston, 1930-1942. Assistant counsel special commission on control and conduct public utilities Massachusetts State, 1929-1930.
Regional attorney O.P.A., Boston, 1942-1943, chief legal adviser to administrator and acting general counsel, Washington, 1943-1944, general counsel, 1944-1946. Visiting professor law Harvard Law School, 1946-1947, professor, 1947-1968, Story professor, 1968-1973, emeritus, 1973-1978. Of counsel Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, Maine, 1973-1978.
Visiting American professor Institute Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, 1970-1971. Cons., Economics Stabilization Administration, 1950-1951, Maine Advisory Commision on Rules of Evidence, 1973-1978.
Member of the board selectmen Town of Weston (Massachusetts), 1956-1958, town moderator, 1962-1968. President board of trustees Cambridge School, 1949-1955. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Law Institute (chief reporter division of jurisdiction between state and federal courts 1960-1968), American, Massachusetts, Maine bar associations Permanent secretary Harvard Class of 1926, 1926-1951.
Married Carolyn Crosby, June 28, 1930 (deceased.; married second, Laura Deane Shaw, April. Children: Mary (Mistress Rienzi B. Parker, Junior.