Richard O Calkins

Richard Calkins spent 40 years in the telephone industry, including seven years as Vice President for developing national telephone industry regulatory and legislative policies at the United States Telephone Association in Washington DC. He graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Economics and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the Economics Honor Society. Calkins spent nine years in the Air National Guard and was trained in electronics and radar systems at...See more

Richard Calkins spent 40 years in the telephone industry, including seven years as Vice President for developing national telephone industry regulatory and legislative policies at the United States Telephone Association in Washington DC. He graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Economics and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the Economics Honor Society. Calkins spent nine years in the Air National Guard and was trained in electronics and radar systems at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, graduating as the Honor Graduate of his class. He is the cofounder, with Craig Rhyne and Al Gibson, of the Freedom Education Foundation. See less