Richard John Kerry (28 July 1915 ￢ﾀﾓ 29 July 2000) was an American airman, attorney, diplomat, and author. He was the father of Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry.
Kerry was born in Boston, Massachusetts, raised as a Roman Catholic, attended the Phillips Academy as a youth, and then graduated from Yale University in 1937. He received a degree from Harvard Law School in 1940, and then volunteered as a test pilot for the U.S. Army...
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Richard John Kerry (28 July 1915 ￢ﾀﾓ 29 July 2000) was an American airman, attorney, diplomat, and author. He was the father of Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry.
Kerry was born in Boston, Massachusetts, raised as a Roman Catholic, attended the Phillips Academy as a youth, and then graduated from Yale University in 1937. He received a degree from Harvard Law School in 1940, and then volunteered as a test pilot for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, flying DC-3's and B-29's stateside in Alabama. After a bout with tuberculosis, he was mustered out of the military.
In his adult career, he was assistant district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts. In 1949, Kerry moved to Washington, D.C., to work in the office of the General Counsel for the Navy Department. In 1951, Kerry joined the U.S. Department of State where he served in the Bureau of United Nations Affairs and the Office of Legal Advisor. He was a legal advisor to the U.S. High...
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