Background
Sharpless, Richard Kennedy was born on March 30, 1911 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Thomas and Luella Lincoln (Kennedy) Sharpless.
Sharpless, Richard Kennedy was born on March 30, 1911 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Thomas and Luella Lincoln (Kennedy) Sharpless.
AB, Boston University, 1932; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1935; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1969.
With firm, Dalzell, McFall & Pringle, Pittsburgh, 1936-1942; member legal section trust department, Bank of America, Los Angeles, 1946-1948; attorney, Office District Engineer, Honolulu, 1948-1949; with, Office Attorney General, T.H., 1949-1955; attorney general, Office Attorney General, T.H., 1956-1957; member, Lewis, Saunders & Sharpless (and predecessor firm), 1957-1968; managing director, City and County of Honolulu, 1968-1972, 75-78; Corporate Counsel, City and County of Honolulu, 1973-1975, 78-80; of counsel firm, Case, Kay & Lynch, Honolulu, 1980-1981.
Member Planning Commission City and County of Honolulu, 1966-1968, chairman, 1968. Assistant to Town Attorney of Chapel Hill, 1984-1993. Board directors United Way, 1982-1985, Public School Foundation, 1984-1989, Village Companies Foundation, 1987-1989.
Member executive committee Parent-Teachers Association Thrift Show, 1986-1990. Captain C.E., Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member Bar Association Hawaii (president 1960-1961), Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1982-1985), Sons of the American Revolution (president Hawaii 1961), Kiwanis.
Married Eleanor Ridgway Crowther, March 4, 1946. Married Nancy Jean Sleight, July 23, 1948. Children: Kendall Deborah, Richard Kennedy, Lincoln Kennedy.