17 Facts About Bob Ricks

Bob Ricks has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Governor of Oklahoma and in local law enforcement.

Bob Ricks is best known as the FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge during the 1993 Waco Siege or as FBI Special Agent in Charge during the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing investigation.

Bob Ricks was Secretary during the Keating's entire term as governor, from 1995 to 2003.

Bob Ricks was born in Houston, Texas, and received his early education in Del Rio, Texas.

Bob Ricks received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University in 1967 and his Juris Doctor degree from Baylor Law School in 1969, where he served as an Editor of the Baylor Law Review and was a member of Phi Delta Phi.

Bob Ricks served 26 years in Federal law enforcement from 1969 to 1995, during which he rose from the position of Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Special Agent In Charge of the FBI in Oklahoma.

Bob Ricks served in various other positions of authority from Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Inspector, and Deputy Assistant Director.

In 1993, Bob Ricks was a Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Oklahoma City field office.

Bob Ricks was named one of three Assistant Special Agents in Charge, under the direction of Jeff Jamar.

Bob Ricks served as FBI spokesman during the Waco siege, often speaking for the government at press conferences.

Bob Ricks told the media that operations were costing $2 million a day.

Six years after the Waco siege, Bob Ricks was charged as a defendant in the 1999 civil suit Andrade et al.

Bob Ricks served as chairman for the Oklahoma Federal Executive Board, which had oversight responsibilities for all Federal agencies in the State of Oklahoma.

Bob Ricks served three years with the Drug Enforcement Administration where he was the Chief Counsel for DEA.

In 2003 when Democrat Brad Henry was elected to succeed Keating, Bob Ricks agreed to stay on as Secretary in the Henry Administration.

Bob Ricks remained in that position until October 2003 when he resigned as Secretary to become the Chief of Police for Edmond, Oklahoma.

Henry appointed Kevin Ward, the deputy secretary under Bob Ricks, to succeed him as Secretary.