1. Richard W. Linford was born in Tremonton, Utah, to parents of English and Swiss extraction.

2. He spent his early years in Honeyville, Snowville, and in Garland, Utah, a 2400 person small farming and ranching community in northern Utah.

3. He moved to Concord, California when he was 13, where he attended Mount Diablo High School, lettered in gymnastics, and had the lead in several plays, notably, Oklahoma's Curly. He is now almost bald as a billiard ball.

4. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University in English with minors in chemistry and math.

5. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney Law School where he won the moot court competition.

6. He is a member of the Utah State and Federal Bar Associations.

7. He served a 3 year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), to the Netherlands Holland and Belgium.

8. He served several similar missions including 7 years as a guide on Salt Lake Temple Square, 7 years as an inner Salt Lake City missionary, and 12 years as a Church temple worker.

9. He still practices law, and earlier served in various business and Church assignments - as CEO, vice president, director, manager, chairman of the board, lay bishop and member of an LDS stake presidency. He served in LDS Church Education as a Seminary teacher and Institute Director and Instructor. He and his wife served in England for 3 years. He served in the LDS Welfare Services Department as Director of Program Development and Marketing Services. He served as an internal auditor for the LDS Church for 3 years. He served as Director of Operations and Director of 16,000 Public Affairs Directors for several years. He served as a Vice President of Bonneville International Corporation for 10 years.

10. He served as chairman of the Utah State Board of The National Conference of Christians and Jews and as a member of its national board for 13 years.

11. He currently serves as the LDS representative on the board of the Utah State Volunteers Active in Disaster.

12. He is a writer, publisher, oil and acrylic artist, and wannabe good golfer.

13. He works at being a gardener.

14. Many of his writings can be seen at www.amazon.com. Type in Richard W. Linford and check out his list of books and ebooks.

15. More than 600 of his oil and acrylic paintings can be seen at www.Fineartamerica.com.

16. One of his mantras is "How can I help you?" Another is "You are great!"

17. He works at being a good member of his community and church, and most importantly, at being a good husband, dad, and grandpa.

18. He was co-founder of InteliQuest Learning Systems and InteliQuest Media Corporation and Linford Corporation.

19. He was co-producer of The World's 100 Greatest Books, The World's 100 Greatest People, and The World's 50 Greatest Composers, their lives and their music.

20. He was the primary writer of Essentials of Home Production and Storage and a major Welfare Services Handbook for the LDS Church.

21. He served as partner in the Ford & Huff law firm.

22. His wife Marilynne Todd Linford is a writer of more than 13 books and numerous articles. One of her recent books is titled "The Book of Mormon is True."

23. Richard is Dad of 8, 4 boys and 4 girls; Grandpa of 25; and Great Grandpa of 3.