Background
Decker, Richard Knore was born on September 15, 1913 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred William and Georgia (Kilmer) Decker.
Decker, Richard Knore was born on September 15, 1913 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred William and Georgia (Kilmer) Decker.
University of Nebraska (Bachelor of Arts, 1935. Juris Doctor, 1938). Attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, District of Columbia, 1938-1952.
Working as a partner of LORD, BISSELL & BROOK. Admitted to the bar, 1938, Nebraska. 1941, United States. Supreme Court. 1948, District of Columbia.
1952, Illinois.
Trustee Village of Clarendon Hills (Illinois), 1960-1964. Chairman board elders Community Presbyterian Church, Clarendon Hills, 1963-1966. Member Union Church of Hinsdale.
Chairman board Community House, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1976, Robert Crown Center for Health Education, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1981-1983, also board dirs, 1976-2005. With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945, lieutenant Commander retired. Member American Bar Association (chairman antitrust section 1971-1972), Illinois Bar Association (governor 1969-1973, chairman antitrust section 1964-1966), Chicago Bar Association (chairman antitrust law committee 1956-1959), The Lawyers Club Chicago, Hinsdale Golf Club (president 1968).
Married Fern Iona Steinbaugh, June 12, 1938.
