Background
Rizley, Robert Seal was born on June 11, 1923 in Guymon, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ross and Ruby Elaine (Seal) Rizley.
Rizley, Robert Seal was born on June 11, 1923 in Guymon, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ross and Ruby Elaine (Seal) Rizley.
University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). University of Michigan (Bachelor of Laws, 1953). Phi Delta Phi. U S. Attorney, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1958-1961.
United States. Magistrate, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1977-1985.
With legal department Skelly Oil Corporation, 1953—1954. Associate, partner Martin, Logan, Moyers, Martin & Hull, 1955—1959, United States attorney Northern District, Oklahoma, 1959—1961. Partner Crawford & Rizley, Rizley, Prichard Norman & Reed, 1961—1977.
Magistrate United States district Court (northern district), Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1977—1985. Partner Shallcross & Rizley, from 1985. Board directors Tulsa Opera Inc., from 1955.
President, 1956—1959, 1975—1977. Captain United States Marine Corps, 1942-1946, captain United States Marine Corps, 1951-1952.
The ultimate goal to be attained is not only to be saved from something. The purpose God has is to be saved to something.
The Church is after all a movement which sought to inject passion, direction and purpose into the spiritual lives of the people.
As human beings people find themselves as part of an unjust, sinful and violent world, which we may feel individually helpless to change. If we accept forgiveness, God can enable us to resist evil and to live life to the full.
Member of American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Katherine Louise Kemp, September 5, 1953 (div.). Children: Mary Katherine Rizley Davis, Sarah Louise, Robert Kemp, Nancy Carron, Julia Ann Rizley Stewart.