Richard Lamm

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Lamm, Richard Douglas [Governor] (12 September 1935– )

Lamm is Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver and the former three-term Governor of Colorado. (1975-1987) He is both a lawyer (Berkeley, 1961) and a Certified Public Accountant. He joined the faculty of the University of Denver in 1969 and has, except for his years as Governor, been associated with the University ever since.

Lamm was selected as one of Time's "200 Young Leaders of America" in 1974 and won the Christian Science Monitor "Peace 2020" essay in 1985.

In 1992, he was honored by the Denver Post and Historic Denver, Inc. as one of the "Colorado 100" - people who made significant contributions to Colorado and made lasting impressions on the state's history. He was Chairman of the Pew Health Professions Commission and a public member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Lamm was named 1993 Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association.

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