Facts: - profession: co-director the university of denver of the institute for public policy studies at - order: 38th - successor: roy romer - party: democrat - predecessor: john david vanderhoof - office: governor of colorado - lieutenant: george l. brown nancy e. dick - term end: january 13 , 1987 - term start: january 14 , 1975 - birth date: 12 september 1935 - serviceyears: 1957-1959 - branch: united states army - birthname: richard douglas lamm - birth place: madison , wisconsin - rank: first lieutenant - alma mater: university of wisconsin-madison uc berkeley school of law Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard lamm .
richard douglas '' dick '' lamm -lrb- born september 12 , 1935 -rrb- is an american politician , writer , certified public accountant , college professor , and lawyer .he served three terms as 38th governor of colorado as a democrat -lrb- 1975 -- 1987 -rrb- and ran for the reform party 's nomination for president of the united states in 1996 .he is currently the co-director of the institute for public policy studies at the university of denver .