Background
Porter, Clifford Lewis was born on April 16, 1916 in Torrington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Gail Q. and Ethel M. (Chamberlain) Porter.
Porter, Clifford Lewis was born on April 16, 1916 in Torrington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Gail Q. and Ethel M. (Chamberlain) Porter.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1936, Master of Commercial Science, Amos Tuck School, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1940.
Admitted to New York bar, 1942, District of Columbia Bar, 1956. Partner firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and predecessors, New York City, 1940-1977.
Served to Lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association (chairman taxation section 1966-1967), Association Bar City New York (Chairman of Commission taxation 1964-1965), New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee tax section 1971-1977), New York County Lawyers Association, District of Columbia Bar Association Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu.
Married Mary F. Pearson, December 14, 1940. Children: Lynn (Mistress James West. Bodman), Lee, Mary.