Background
III, Benjamin Vroom White was born on November 25, 1941 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Benjamin Vroom and Charlotte (Conover) W.
III, Benjamin Vroom White was born on November 25, 1941 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Benjamin Vroom and Charlotte (Conover) W.
AB, Harvard University, 1964; Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1970; Juris Doctor, Boston University, 1974.
Law clerk to Honorary Alfred H. Joslin, Rhode Island Supreme Court, Providence, 1974-1975; associate, partner, Hinckley, Allen, Salisburg & Parsons, Providence, 1975-1981; partner, Vetter & White, Providence, since 1981. Member of faculty MCLE and National institute Trial Advocacy, Boston, since 1983.
Board Governors Gordon School, East Providence, 1981-1987, 1st vice president, 1984-1987. Board directors Lipptt Hill Tutorial, Providence, 1978-1982, Westport River Watershed Alliance, 1989-1995, Westport Land Trust, since 1997. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1964-1968.
Member American Bar Association (litigation section), Federal Bar Association (chapter president since 1998), R.I.Bar Association (federal court bench and bar committee since 1982, chairman since 1993), Boston Bar Association, Rhode Island Federal Court Board of Bar Examiners, New Bedford Yacht Club, Harvard (Rhode Island and New York City) Club, Hope (Providence) Club, Acoaxet (Westport, Massachusetts) Club.
Married Elizabeth Dodge, September 6, 1969. Children: Constance Atwood, Charles Conover.