Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 18, 1922. Attended Mercersberg Military Academy, Mercersberg, Pennsylvania. Served in U.S. Army Infantry, 1942-46 (European Theatre, Bronze Star, Purple Heart). Dartmouth College, A.B., 1948; University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1951 (board of managers, Law Review). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1951. Member, Federal, American, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Associate, Marbury, Miller, and Evans, 1951-52. Managing partner, Piper and Marbury, 1966-71 (associate, 1952-58; partner, 1958-71). Instructor, McCoy College of The Johns Hopkins University, 1954-62. Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society, 1958-71; Commercial Industrial Combined Health Appeal, 1964-71. Board of Directors, Maryland Division, American Cancer Society, 1958-71 (chair, 1969-71). Director, American Cancer Society, New York, 1968-. Chair, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, 1978-81. Member, Oncology Advisory Council, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Executive Committee, International Union Against Cancer, 1981-. Member, Dartmouth College Alumni Council, 1973-; Johns Hopkins Club, 1991-. Member, Rule Day Club; Lawyers Round Table; 14 Hamilton Street Club; honorary member, National Lawyers Club of Washington. Annual Layman's Award, Society of Surgical Oncology, 1982; Distinguished Service Award, American Cancer Society, 1983; Alumni Award, Dartmouth College, 1983. Died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 14, 2015.
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