Richard Cotton
Biography
Filmography
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Biography
After a brief stint in journalism, and nearly twenty years as a lawyer in Washington DC in both government and private practice, Cotton was appointed an executive vice president and general counsel by NBC in 1989.
Life Events
1965
Worked for the Chicago bureau of "Newsweek" magazine as a correspondent after graduating from college
1969
Served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit
1977
Went back to Washington as deputy executive secretary in the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
1978
Upped to executive secretary
1980
Appointed special counsel to deputy secretary John Sawhill of the US Department of Energy
1989
Appointed executive vice president and general counsel for NBC in October