Richard Conklin graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1959 with an M.A. in American studies. From his native Minneapolis he came back to the University to work in public information in 1967, a few months before Alan Page made the reverse journey to play for the Minnesota Vikings. In 2001 he retired from Notre Dame as associate vice president of University Relations, and he and his wife now live in Mendota Heights, a Twin Cities suburb.
