Richard Uhlig Sr. is an Osteopathic Physician in family practice. He has served as president of his state medical association, and as executive director of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts. He has worked extensively with state medical societies in setting up programs for impaired physicians. He headed KSBHA committees for approval of foreign medical schools, for regulations of scheduled drugs, and for setting up physician guidelines in the treatment of breast cancer. He has been a member of the Harvard Health Care Professionals Follow-up Study since its inception.
He has written a health book and three novels. He is a civil rights activist. Enjoys reading, writing, and exercise. He lives with his wife Pat in rural Kansas. They love animals: horses, dogs, cats, a pet coyote, a 24 year-old frog, and a raccoon that comes regularly to visit the trash can.
He has a daughter who is a school superintendent and a son who is a writer of novels and movie scripts. He and Pat have four wonderful grandchildren.