Democratic Policy Committee, US Senate Richard Lee McCall Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 6, 1942.
After college, McCall spent a year working as a field representative of the Teton National Life Insurance Company.
In 1971, McCall became a legislative aide of Democratic Senator Gale W. McGee of Wyoming.
In the later 1990s, he focused on efforts at bringing peace to the African Great Lakes region, including conflicts in and among Sudan, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe.
His work there has focused on stabilization of post-conflict situations in many places, including Afghanistan and Sudan.