Richard Mark is a partner in the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. Before entering private law practice he was an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Civil Division in the Southern District of New York and First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation. Richard graduated from Dartmouth College with a major in history. He is an avid supporter of the project to preserve the story of The Ghost Army, and to make that information and material accessible to students of history in the future.