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Rich Potter was born and raised in Springfield, Minnesota. He attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business. While at Luther, he played football and baseball.
After graduating college, Rich entered the U.S. Navy where he commissioned an Ensign following Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. After completing flight training, his first fleet assignment was flying F-4 Phantoms off the carrier Midway, where he flew over 150 combat missions over North Vietnam.
Rich's assignments throughout his 26 year Navy career were primarily in fighter carrier aviation, during which he accumulated over 4,000 flight hours and over 1,000 carrier landings. While in the Navy he attended the U.S. Naval War College, where he was a distinguished graduate; severed several tours in Washington D.C; commanded an F-14 squadron; and served as deputy commander of a carrier air wing, commander of a fighter wing, commander of a training wing and shore installation, and as the head of the Navy's R.O.T.C. program. Rich graduated twice from Topgun, once when flying the F-4 Phantom and again when flying the F-14 Tomcat.
Rich's military decorations include three Legions of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, four Meritorious Service Medals, Individual and Strike/Flight air medals, five Navy Commendation Medals with Combat V, and numerous campaign and unit awards. He retired in 1995 as a Captain.
Rich attended Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. He has practiced law in Oregon and worked with Roy Dwyer since 1998, focusing his statewide law practice in the field of personal injury litigation.
Rich lives with his wife in Eugene, Oregon. He and his wife enjoy golfing, remodeling and playing with their Labrador retrievers.
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