Background
Driver,, Albert Westcott was born on August 4, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert W. and Bessie (Ferns) Driver.
Driver,, Albert Westcott was born on August 4, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert W. and Bessie (Ferns) Driver.
Bachelor, Yale, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1952.
Associate Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, 1952-1960. Assistant general counsel J.C. Penney Company, Inc., 1961-1978, assistant secretary, 1964-1969, secretary, 1969-1974, 78-87, vice president, 1974-1981, general counsel, 1978-1987, senior vice president, 1981-1987.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (corporation, banking and business law section, member committee on corporation law departments, chairman 1977-1979, committee on law and accounting, section planning review committee, committee on corporation laws, committee on regulatory reform, committee on counsel responsibility and liability, litigation section, committee on Corporate Counsel), New York State Bar Association (executive committee banking, corporation and business law section, chairman 1978-1979, member business law committee, chairman 1977-1978, task force on simplification), Association Bar City New York (chairman committee on corporation law departments 1982-1985), National Retail Merchants Association (member government and legal affairs committee, chairman 1977-1979, member lawyers committee, chairman 1972-1973).
Married Martha Lou Miller, August 4, 1951. Children: Martha, Sara.