He dropped out of Stanford prior to graduation and then worked as an oil-rigger, bartender, painter, and writer. He attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he was a member of Theta Xi fraternity. Richard Boone graduated from Hoover High School in Glendale, California. His mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Russia. Boone, a corporate lawyer and 4th great-grandson of Squire Boone, a brother to frontiersman Daniel Boone. Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (née Beckerman) and Kirk E.
