Background
Rodgers, Richard Malcolm was born on June 23, 1949 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Charles Malcolm and Betty Jean (Gilbert) Rodgers.
Rodgers, Richard Malcolm was born on June 23, 1949 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Charles Malcolm and Betty Jean (Gilbert) Rodgers.
Student, Emory University, 1967-1969; Bachelor of Business Administration magna cum laude, Georgia State University, 1988.
Staff accountant, Charter Enterprises, Inc., College Park, Georgia, 1971-1972;
contractor, Royal Arts & Crafts, Inc., Atlanta, 1972-1973;
justice of peace, Justice's Court District 531, Decatur, Georgia, 1973-1976;
chief cost accountant, General Assembly Mission Board, Presbyterian Church United States, Atlanta, 1974-1980;
internal audit manager, Waffle House, Inc., Norcross, Georgia, 1980-1987;
accounting manager, W.L. Thompson Cons. Engineers, Inc., Atlanta, 1988-1990;
contractor, Hudson Everett Simonson Mullis & Associations, Inc., Atlanta, 1990-1996. Freelance consultant and writer, since 1995.
Instructor Gwinnett College Business, Lilburn, Georgia, since 1997.
Executive committee member DeKalb County Republican Party, Decatur, 1969-1976. Vice president Georgia Association Justices of the Peace and Constables, Warner Robbins, Georgia, 1973-1974. Treasurer, founding director Georgia Business Committee for Arts, Inc., Atlanta, 1981-1986.
Secretary Georgia State Poetry Society, Inc., Atlanta, 1986 (Judge for Chapbook award 1991, 96). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Management Accts., New York Academy Sciences, Idealists International (charter), The Dramatists Guild, Golden Key National Honor Society (charter), Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Linda Joyce Meeks, December 9, 1966 (divorced March 1970). 1 child, Angela Christina Rodgers Bolin. Married Sharon Lynn Thomas, May 10, 1992.