Cliff F. Thompson

Background

Thompson, Cliff F. was born on August 15, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of James Frederick and Grace Caroline (Wiese) Thompson.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1956; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1960; Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1962.

Career

Assistant program officer, Near East and Africa program Ford Foundation, New York City, 1960-1961; law lecturer, director, Sudan Law Project, U. Khartoum, Sudan, 1961-1965; associate director, co-founder, Africa Law Center, Columbia University, 1965-1966; co-founder, senior lecturer law school, U. Zambia, 1966-1968; dean, professor of law, Haile Selassie I U., Ethiopia, 1969-1973; professor of law, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1973-1977; professor of law, dean, Law School, U. Hawaii, 1977-1978; professor of law, dean, College Law, U. Idaho, 1978-1983; dean, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, 1983-1990; professor of law, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, since 1983; director African studies program, University of Wisconsin, 1992-1993; legal education advisory, Government of Indonesia, since 1993. Consultant legal education, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Achievements

• Cliff F. Thompson has been listed as a reputable lawyer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Hawaii Legal Aid, 1977-1978, Idaho Law Foundation, 1978-1983, Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts American, 1984-1993. Chairman screening committee Fulbright Law Award, Washington, 1988-1990, 92. Fellow, Explorers Club.

Member American Bar Association, Rotary, Signet Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, tennis, walking.

Connections

Married Judith Anne Phillips, June 23, 1957. Children: James Frederick, Laura Marie, John Phillips, Hannah Caroline.

Father:

James Frederick Thompson

Mother:

Grace Caroline (Wiese) Thompson

Spouse:

Judith Anne Phillips

child:

John Phillips Thompson

child:

Laura Marie Thompson

child:

James Frederick Thompson

child:

Hannah Caroline Thompson