Richard Day was born in 1929. From 1975 to 1999, he worked as a full Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. During this time, he also presided as Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Law from 1977–1980. He has been a Distinguished Professor Emeritus since 1999.
Day received his Bachelors of Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. He then went out to earn his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1957.
Painted by Blackwell in 1984.
Located in the Dean’s Suite hallway.