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Penney, Christopher Freeland Dickson was born on July 23, 1908 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of John Adams and Laura Nellie (Abbe) P. Bachelor of Arts, U. Kansas, 1928, Department of Administration and Management, 1929, Bachelor of Laws, 1934.
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, 1928. AM, University Kansas, 1929. Bachelor of Laws, University Kansas, 1934.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1931. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1938. Postgraduate, New York University, 1960.
Degree in business administration, 1964—1970. Postgrad in German studies, University Vienna, 1973.
Bar: Kansas 1934, Missouri 1934, New York.1936, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1947, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1945. Aide to Julian P. Bretz, 1929-1930. Legal worker, researcher Ralph West. Gwinn & Bainbridge Colby, New York City, 1934.
Law clerk, library Charles West. Scribner, New York City, 1934-1936.
Associate attorney, library Scribner & Miller, New York City,1936-1939. Member editorial staff Corpus Juris Secundum, West Public Company, Brooklyn, 1939-1940.
Private practice, New York City, 1941. Private practice with M. Vinson Hayes, New York City.
Member executive committee Men's Class The Riverside Church, New York City, since 1965, Ralph Washington Sockman discussion group, Centre for Study of Presidency, New York Poetry Forum, Beaux Arts, New York City. Sunday school teacher Chinatown. Active Young Men’s Christian Association, Disciples of Christ Church, Washington.
Sponsor National Republican Congressional Committee for President Bush & Vice president Quayle. University Kansas History fellow, 1928—1929, Cornell University, 1930—1931. Member of Lutheran Brothood, MacDowell Fraternity, New York County Lawyers Association (committee on patents, trademarks and copyrights), Eta Sigma Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta (treasurer New York City alumni), Phi Beta Kappa.
