Background
Avant, Grady was born on March 1, 1932 in New Orleans. Son of Grady and Sarah (Rutherford) Avant.
Avant, Grady was born on March 1, 1932 in New Orleans. Son of Grady and Sarah (Rutherford) Avant.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1954; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1960.
Associate, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Alabama, 1961-1963; associate, partner, Long, Preston, Kinnaird & Avant, Detroit, 1972-1987; partner, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, 1988-1994; senior vice president investment banking, North American Capital Advisors, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1995-1996; private practice, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, since 1996.
Served to Lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1954-1957. Member American Bar Association (business law section, federal regulation of securities committee), American Law Institute, Association of Bar of City of New York, State Bar of Michigan (county section antitrust law 1978-1985, chairman of the section 1983-1984, business law section), Detroit Committee on Foreign Rels. (Executive Committee since 1979, chairman 1986-1988), Grosse PointeClub, Mountain Brook Club, Knickerbocker Club, Metropolitan Club, Princeton Club of Michigan (president 1976-1977, 94-95).
Married Katherine Willis Yancey, February 23, 1963. Children: Grady M., Mary Willis Yancey.