Background
Carleton, Bukk Griffith was born on May 30, 1909 in New York City. Son of Bukk G. and Clarice (Griffith) Carleton.
Carleton, Bukk Griffith was born on May 30, 1909 in New York City. Son of Bukk G. and Clarice (Griffith) Carleton.
AB with magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1931. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1934.
Bar: New York 1935. Association Larkin, Rathbone & Perry, New York City, 1934-1936. Assistant counsel, assistant secretary General Chemical Company, 1936-1941. Vice president, secretary, director Perma-Bilt Homes, Incorporated., 1941-1942.
Counsel Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1942-1944.
Head New York law office Montgomery Ward & Company 1944-1946. Member legal department Sinclair Refining Company, 1946-1956.
Owner, investment counsel Griffith Carleton, 1946. President, trustee Hicks-Stearns Museum.
President, trustee Hicks-Stearns Museum. Member of American Bar Association, Quaker (committee national legislation 1957-1958), New England Society, New York Bar Association, Harvard Club (New York ), Quinnatisset Country Thompson (Connecticut), Metropolitan Club (Connecticut), Rhode Island Country Club, New Canaan Country Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Elizabeth Tucker Carleton, June 16, 1934. Children: Elizabeth H. Righter, Bukk Griffith.