Dick Lamm
| Richard Lamm | |
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| 38th Governor of Colorado | |
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In office January 14, 1975 – January 13, 1987 |
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| Lieutenant |
George L. Brown Nancy E. Dick |
| Preceded by | John David Vanderhoof |
| Succeeded by | Roy Romer |
| Member of the Colorado Senate | |
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In office 1972–1975 |
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| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives | |
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In office 1964–1972 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Richard Douglas Lamm August 3, 1935 Madison, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Dottie Lamm (m. 1963) |
| Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin UC Berkeley School of Law |
| Profession | Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1957–1959 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm (born August 3, 1935) is an American politician, writer, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado as a Democrat (1975–1987) and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996.
He is currently the Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver.
Richard Douglas Lamm was born in Madison, Wisconsin on August 3, 1935. He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he majored in accounting. Lamm spent his college summers working as a lumberjack in Oregon, a stockboy in New York, and helping out on an ore boat. Lamm graduated from college in 1957, then served one year of active duty as a first lieutenant in the United States Army at Fort Carson in Colorado and Fort Eustis in Virginia until switching to reserve duty in 1958.
From 1958-1960 Lamm lived in Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, holding jobs as an accountant, tax clerk and a law clerk.
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