Parsons, Richard D., 1948-

found: NUCMC data from Gerald R. Ford Library (Ann Arbor, Mich.) for His White House files, 1974-1977(Parsons, Richard; Domestic Council: assoc. dir. for justice, civil rights, drugs, and consumer affairs; Parsons, Richard D.; b. NYC 1948)

found: Hartmann, R.T. Palace politics, c1980:p. 309 (Dick Parsons, brilliant black attorney)

found: Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed February 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Parsons, Richard Dean; corporate executive, lawyer; born 04 April 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, United States; graduated from Albany Law School (1971); joined Governor Nelson Rockefeller's staff as legal aide; was a White House lawyer and domestic policy adviser to President Gerald Ford (1974); joined Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, eventually becoming partner; was chief operating officer (1988) and chairman and chief executive officer of the Dime Savings Bank of New York (1990); become president of Time Warner (1995); helped implement a merger subsequently described as the worst in corporate history, the union of Time Warner and America Online (AOL) (2000); became chief executive officer (CEO) of the new AOL Time Warner and chairman of the board (2002, 2003); cut the company's debt and streamlined its business structure, selling off some divisions, including the Warner Music Group; left the CEO job, remaining chairman of the board (2008))