Background
Blaine, Charles Gillespie was born on March 12, 1925 in New York City. Son of James G. and Marion (Dow) Blaine.
Blaine, Charles Gillespie was born on March 12, 1925 in New York City. Son of James G. and Marion (Dow) Blaine.
Graduate, St. Paul's School, 1943; student, Amherst College, 1946; Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1948.
Private practice, Buffalo, 1949-1993; of counsel, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, 1994; retired, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, 1994. President, director Legal Aid Bureau Buffalo, 1967-1968.
Board education City of Buffalo, 1970-1973. Board directors State University of New York College Buffalo, 1965-1982, chairman, 1980-1982. Board directors State University of New York College of Buffalo Foundation, 1984-1990.
Board directors Salvation Army, 1961-1963, Children's Aid Society, 1967-1972, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1970-1973. Board directors, treasurer State Communities Aid Association, New York City, 1984-1990. Chairman men's advisory committee council Boy Scouts American, 1967-1968.
Director Buffalo Council World Affairs, 1983-1990. president, 1989-1990. Chancellor Episcopal Diocese Western New York, 1975-1992. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (chairman banking, corporation and business law section 1966-1967), Erie County Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, American Law Institute, Buffalo and Erie County History Society, Grosvenor Society, Buffalo Club, Marshall Club, Lawyers Club Buffalo, Crag Burn Club.
Married Gloria Beckwith, December 16, 1944 (divorced 1985). Children: Cathryn D. Blaine Muzzy, Susan B. Blaine Nesbitt, Charles Gillespie. Married Patricia Stapleton Griffis, May 25, 1985.