Background
Booth, Brian Geddes was born on May 30, 1936 in Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Son of Harrie Wythe and Lois M. (Geddes) Booth.
Booth, Brian Geddes was born on May 30, 1936 in Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Son of Harrie Wythe and Lois M. (Geddes) Booth.
University of Oregon (Bachelor of Science, 1958). Stanford University (Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1960-1962.
Worked at Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth (Portland, Oregon) specializing in Corporate and Securities. Litigation; Financial Institutions and Creditor"s Rights. Taxation; Health Care.
International.
Real Property, Environmental and Natural Resources. Labor and Employment. Technology and Intellectual Property.
Admitted to the bar, 1962, Oregon.
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1960-1962.
President, Oregon Securities Law Association, 1972-1974. President, Portland Art Museum, 1976-1978.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation, 1986-1988.
President, Oregon Institute of Literary Arts, 1987-1991. Chairman, Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission, 1990. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations.
Oregon State Bar (Chairman: Joint Committee with Press and Broadcasters, 1972-1974.
Securities Regulation Section, 1980-1981). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth, founded in 1974, is a full-service business law firm dedicated to meeting the complex legal and business needs of its clients in a cost-effective manner. The firm represents a range of successful public and private companies, entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, utilities and banks operating in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the world.
President Morrison Center for Youth and Family Svc., 1968-1969. Trustee Planned Parenthood Association, 1967-1973, Portland Art Museum, 1970-1978, chairman, 1976-1978. Member Portland Economics Development Advisory Commission, 1977-1979.
Trustee N.W. Film Study Center, 1973-1977, Reed College, 1980-1989, Oregon Cmty. Foundation, 1980-1986, Oregon Health Sciences U., since 1982, chairman, 1986-1989. Trustee Oregon Shakespearean Festival, 1987-1990, U. Oregon Foundation, 1987-1990, Oregon Trail Coordinating Council, 1991-1995, Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, since 1992, Library.
Foundation, since 1996, Friends of William Stafford, since 1996. Chairman Tri-Met Transportation Advisory Committee, 1980-1981. President Oregon Institute Literary Arts, 1987-1991, chairman, 1992-1994.
With United States Army, 1958-1959. Member American Bar Association, Oregon State Bar Association (chairman joint committee with press and broadcasters 1972-1974, chairman securities section 1980-1981), Oregon Securities Law Association (president 1972-1974), Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Theta.
Married Anne M. Mautz, June 20, 1959 (divorced). Children: Thomas Scott, Jennifer Susan. Married Gwyneth Evans Gamble, October 4, 1984.