RICHARD BODDIE

Born:

October 19, 1938, in Elmira, New York, to Mary Lavinia Johnson Boddie
and Rev. Charles Emerson Boddie

Raised in:

Rochester, New York

Resident of:

Huntington Beach, California since 1977

Married to:

Ann Lynette Snellings -- July 27, 1963

Father of:

* Jordana Lynette Boddie
* Roxanne Marie Boddie
* Erica Lynn Boddie

Education:

* James Madison High -- Rochester, New York
* Baldwin-Wallace College -- Berea, Ohio
* A.B. -- Bucknell University -- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Political Science
* J.D. -- Syracuse University College of Law -- 1970

Certificates:

* Credit and Financial Analysis
* American Institute of Banking
* Employee and Labor Relations
* Arbitration and Mediation
* Ad Hoc Community Dispute Resolution

Career:

* Banking, Finance and Insurance
* Law, Arbitration, Mediation, Dispute Resolution
* Marketing and Sales
* Management and Administration
* Radio, Television and Print
* Adjunct Professor, Lecturer, Trainer and Teacher

Political Experience:

* 1959-1961 -- Intercollegiate Conference on Government
* 1960 -- Bucknell Kennedy for President Committee
* 1967 -- Nominated to run for Rochester, NY City Council
* 1968-1970 -- Eagle Republican Club, Syracuse, NY
* 1969-1970 -- President, Syracuse Law School Student Government
* 1972, 1974, 1976 -- Committee to Re-elect Congressman Frank Horton
(R-NY)
* 1970-1977 -- Monroe County Republican Committee
* 1980 -- Voted for Ed Clark for President
* 1983 -- "Discovered" the Libertarian Party
* 1984 -- Joined the Libertarian Party
* 1984 -- Chief Aide and Fundraiser for the LP Presidential
Candidate, David Bergland
* 1984-1991 -- Speaker, Fundraiser, Facilitator at National LP
Conventions: 1985, 1987, 1989 and at 32 LP State Conventions
* 1990 -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Announced intention to seek
nomination for President of the United States on the Libertarian
Party ticket for 1992

Honors and Recognition:

* 1954 -- Eagle Scout
* 1959-1961 -- Niagra District A.A.U. Decathalon & High Jump
Champion
* 1968 -- Irving Berman Memorial Scholar
* 1969-1970 -- Student Body President, Syracuse Law School
* 1970 -- Bertha Schwartz Mem. Award for outstanding community
service
* 1970 -- Who's Who in American Universities
* 1970 -- Outstanding Young Men in America
* 1971-1973 -- Chairman, Rochester Narcotics Guidance Council (State
of New York)
* 1971 -- Into Rochester Track Club Hall of Fame
* 1976 -- Urban League Award
* 1979 -- New Associate of the Year, New York Life, Long Beach,
California
* 1986 -- Book Review, Reason Magazine

Associations:

* Advocates for Self-Government
* National Association of Self Employed
* National Speakers Association

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