Richardson, Frank Kellogg (01058364) - Revision history

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-Frank Kellogg Richardson (February 13, 1914 – October 5, 1999) was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.
+'''Frank Kellogg Richardson''' (13 February 1914 &ndash; 5 October 1999) was an American attorney and Army intelligence officer who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] and served in Europe during World War II, and who later was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court (1974&ndash;1983).
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 == Biography ==
-Upon returning to California, Richardson resumed the private practice of law but moved to Sacramento, where he also taught at the McGeorge School of Law from 1946 to 1952. Upon leaving the court, he served as a distinguished visiting professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law in the spring 1984 semester. Department of the Interior, Richardson left the post in 1985 and became a Nixon Fellow at the Whittier Law School that year.
+Frank Kellogg Richardson was born on 13 February 1914 in St. Helena, California, and graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia. After a freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania he transferred to Stanford University, earning an AB with distinction in political science in 1935 and election to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his LLB from Stanford Law School in 1938. Admitted to the California bar that year, he practiced law in Oroville, sharing an office with retired Butte County Judge Hirman Gregory.
-Helena, California, Richardson graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania his freshman year but transferred to Stanford University, where he earned an A.B.
+Richardson served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 and trained at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, including Japanese order-of-battle training (Class 18). He married Betty Kingdon, whom he had met while ushering at the local Methodist church, on 23 January 1943; they had four sons. In 1944, as a second lieutenant in Army intelligence, he was assigned to the top-secret Ultra project at Bletchley Park in England. Learning that Winston Churchill would address Parliament on the war in the Balkans, he talked his way through several layers of security in uniform with U.S. Embassy papers and was seated in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery beside the Archbishop of Canterbury. He ended the war as a first lieutenant with two service stars.
-He trained at Camp Ritchie in its Military Intelligence Training Center and is considered one of the Ritchie Boys.
+After the war Richardson returned to private practice in Sacramento, where he taught at the McGeorge School of Law from 1946 to 1952, and in 1962 he was president of the Sacramento County Bar Association. Governor Ronald Reagan appointed him presiding judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court in 1970, presiding justice of the Third District Court of Appeal in October 1971, and an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court in 1974; he was retained by the voters in November 1978. On the court he wrote 182 majority opinions and 212 dissents, including majority opinions upholding Proposition 13 and the Victims' Bill of Rights and reaffirming the constitutionality of California's death penalty, and several of his dissents later became models for majority rulings. He retired from the court on 2 December 1983, was a visiting professor at Pepperdine University School of Law in 1984, served as solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Reagan, and in 1985 became a Nixon Fellow at Whittier Law School. Richardson died of complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in Sacramento on 5 October 1999.
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 == Biography ==
-Frank Kellogg Richardson (February 13, 1914 – October 5, 1999) was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. Born in St. Helena, California, Richardson graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania his freshman year but transferred to Stanford University, where he earned an A.B. with distinction in political science in 1935 and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. After being admitted to the California State Bar in 1938, Richardson entered private practice in Oroville sharing office space with retired Butte County Judge Hirman Gregory. During World War II, Richardson entered the U.S. Army, serving from 1942 to 1945 in Europe. He trained at Camp Ritchie in its Military Intelligence Training Center and is considered one of the Ritchie Boys. In 1944, Richardson, a second lieutenant in Army Intelligence, was assigned to the top secret Ultra Project at Bletchley Park (north of London), where he learned that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was scheduled to address the British Parliament on the status of the war effort in the Balkans. Wearing his US Army uniform and using identification papers from the U.S. Embassy, Richardson talked his way through multiple layers of security and was escorted to a seat in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery next to the Archbishop of Canterbury. By the end of the war, he was a First Lieutenant and had been awarded two service stars. Upon returning to California, Richardson resumed the private practice of law but moved to Sacramento, where he also taught at the McGeorge School of Law from 1946 to 1952. In 1970, Governor Ronald Reagan appointed Richardson as Sacramento County Superior Court's presiding judge. In October 1971, Governor Reagan appointed Richardson Presiding Justice of the California Third District Court of Appeal. Reagan had wanted to name Richardson Chief Justice of California that year, but Chief Justice Donald Wright refused to retire because he was "frightened" of the prospect of Richardson as Chief Justice. In November 1978, Richardson stood for reelection and was retained. While on the court, Richardson wrote 212 dissenting opinions and 182 majority opinions. Richardson retired from the Court on December 2, 1983. Upon leaving the court, he served as a distinguished visiting professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law in the spring 1984 semester. Then, President Reagan appointed Richardson as solicitor to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Richardson left the post in 1985 and became a Nixon Fellow at the Whittier Law School that year. Richardson died at his Sacramento home of complications from Parkinson's disease on October 5, 1999. While working as an usher at the local Methodist church, Their marriage would produce four sons and last for 56&nbsp;years until Frank Richardson's death in 1999.
+Upon returning to California, Richardson resumed the private practice of law but moved to Sacramento, where he also taught at the McGeorge School of Law from 1946 to 1952. Upon leaving the court, he served as a distinguished visiting professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law in the spring 1984 semester. Department of the Interior, Richardson left the post in 1985 and became a Nixon Fellow at the Whittier Law School that year.
 == Research notes ==

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	* 12/28/44 - Assignment date?		* 12/28/44 - Assignment date?

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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_K._Richardson Wikipedia: Frank K. Richardson]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_K._Richardson Wikipedia: Frank K. Richardson]
	* Camp Ritchie ~~class roster~~ (~~classes~~ 1–31), ~~merged~~ research ~~file~~		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
			* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

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 == Biography ==
 Frank Kellogg Richardson (February 13, 1914 – October 5, 1999) was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. Born in St. Helena, California, Richardson graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania his freshman year but transferred to Stanford University, where he earned an A.B. with distinction in political science in 1935 and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. After being admitted to the California State Bar in 1938, Richardson entered private practice in Oroville sharing office space with retired Butte County Judge Hirman Gregory. During World War II, Richardson entered the U.S. Army, serving from 1942 to 1945 in Europe. He trained at Camp Ritchie in its Military Intelligence Training Center and is considered one of the Ritchie Boys. In 1944, Richardson, a second lieutenant in Army Intelligence, was assigned to the top secret Ultra Project at Bletchley Park (north of London), where he learned that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was scheduled to address the British Parliament on the status of the war effort in the Balkans. Wearing his US Army uniform and using identification papers from the U.S. Embassy, Richardson talked his way through multiple layers of security and was escorted to a seat in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery next to the Archbishop of Canterbury. By the end of the war, he was a First Lieutenant and had been awarded two service stars. Upon returning to California, Richardson resumed the private practice of law but moved to Sacramento, where he also taught at the McGeorge School of Law from 1946 to 1952. In 1970, Governor Ronald Reagan appointed Richardson as Sacramento County Superior Court's presiding judge. In October 1971, Governor Reagan appointed Richardson Presiding Justice of the California Third District Court of Appeal. Reagan had wanted to name Richardson Chief Justice of California that year, but Chief Justice Donald Wright refused to retire because he was "frightened" of the prospect of Richardson as Chief Justice. In November 1978, Richardson stood for reelection and was retained. While on the court, Richardson wrote 212 dissenting opinions and 182 majority opinions. Richardson retired from the Court on December 2, 1983. Upon leaving the court, he served as a distinguished visiting professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law in the spring 1984 semester. Then, President Reagan appointed Richardson as solicitor to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Richardson left the post in 1985 and became a Nixon Fellow at the Whittier Law School that year. Richardson died at his Sacramento home of complications from Parkinson's disease on October 5, 1999. While working as an usher at the local Methodist church, Their marriage would produce four sons and last for 56&nbsp;years until Frank Richardson's death in 1999.
 == Research notes ==