Background
Potter, Hamilton Fish was born on December 21, 1928 in Brooklyn. Son of Hamilton Fish and Alma Virginia (Murray) Potter.
Potter, Hamilton Fish was born on December 21, 1928 in Brooklyn. Son of Hamilton Fish and Alma Virginia (Murray) Potter.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1956.
Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, 1956-1965; partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, 1965-1991; senior counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, 1997.
Board of directors Berkshire Farm for Boys, New York City, 1962-1971, Alice and Hamilton Fish Library., Garrison-on-Hudson, New York, 1980-1997, European American Bank, 1964-1991. Member Board Correction, New York City, 1963-1971. Warden Church of Resurrection, 1972-1974.
Trustee Episcopal School of New York, 1969-1976, Chapin School, 1975-1981, Knox School, 1985-1997. Warden All Saints Episcopal Church, 1982-1990;board directors Dutch American West Indies Foundation, 1984-1989, The Netherlands Am.Found., 1989-1992. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1950-1953, Korea.
Member American Bar Association (chairman banking law committee 1975-1980), American Bar Foundation, New York StateBar Association (house of deals 1978-1980), New York Bar Foundation, Association of Bar of City of New York (chairman banking law committee 1972-1974), American Law Institute (3-4-8 committee 1975-1983), Mystery Writers American (associate)
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Married Virginia Fox Patterson, September 17, 1953 (divorced May 1979). Children: Virginia Patterson, Hamilton Fish III, Robert Burnside, Elizabeth Stuyvesant. Married Maureen Ellen Cotter, November 28, 1981.
Children: Nicholas Fish, Warwick Alonzo.