Background
Branscomb, Anne Wells was born on November 22, 1928 in Statesboro, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Guy Herbert and Ruby Mae (Hammond) Wells.
Branscomb, Anne Wells was born on November 22, 1928 in Statesboro, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Guy Herbert and Ruby Mae (Hammond) Wells.
Bachelor, Georgia College, 1949. Bachelor, University North Carolina, 1949. Postgraduate, London School of Economics, 1950.
Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1951. Juris Doctor with honors, George Washington, 1962. Doctor of Laws, University Notre Dame, 1995.
Research associate, Pierson, Ball and Dowd, Washington, 1962;
law clerk to presiding judge, United States District Court, Denver, 1962-1963;
associate, Williams & Zook, 1963-1966;
private practice, Boulder, 1966-1969;
associate, Arnold and Porter, Washington, 1969-1972;
communications counsel, Teleprompter Corporation, New York City, 1973;
vice president, Kalba-Bowen Associations Inc., communication consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1977;
Chairman of the Board, Kalba-Bowen Associations Inc., communication consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1980;
senior associate, director, Kalba-Bowen Associations Inc., communication consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1982;
president, The Raven Group, Concord, Massachusetts, 1986-1997. Trustee Pacific Telecomm. Council, 1981-1983, 86-93.
Member technical advisory board Department Commerce, 1977-1981. Visiting scholar Yale University Law, 1981-1982. Member program on information resources policy Harvard University, since 1986.
Chairman program committee Legal Symposium Telecom '87, International Telecomm. Union, 1986-1987; Adjunct Professor international law Tufts U., 1987-1989. Senior scholar Annenberg Public Policy Center, Annenberg School Comm., University of Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.
Board of directors National Public Radio, 1975-1978. Vice chairman Colorado Democratic State Control.Com., 1967-1969. Delegate member permanent organization committee Democratic National Convention, 1968;trustee, Executive Committee Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1980-1989.
Trustee Telluride Institute, 1994-1997. Member American Bar Association (national conference lawyers and scientists American Bar Association/American Association for the Advancement of Science 1985-1991, chairman communications committee science and technical section 1980-1982, chairman communicationslaw division 1982-1984, member county science and technical section 1981-1985), American Political Science Association, International Institute Communication, Internat Intercommunications Union (legal symposium organizer 1983, chairman program committee 1987), Society Preservation of First Wives and First Husbands (president), Order of Coif, Valkyries, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Psi Omega, Pi Gamma Museum
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Married Lewis McAdory Branscomb, October 13, 1951. Children: Harvie Hammond, Katharine Capers.