Background
Hester, Clinton Monroe was born on April 16, 1895 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of John Kenton and Sarah Hannah (Hamilton) Hester.
Hester, Clinton Monroe was born on April 16, 1895 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of John Kenton and Sarah Hannah (Hamilton) Hester.
Graduate Phillips-Exeter Academy, 1916. Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1920. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1922.
Admitted to practice before District of Columbia bar, 1922. Attorney Department of Interior, 1922. Assistant counsel United States Shipping Board and United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1922-1927.
Counsel Office United States Alien Property Custodian and special assistant to Attorney General of United States, 1927.
Chief attorney unites states department of Justice, 1927-1934, unites states department of Treasury, 1934-1935. Assistant general counsel Department of Treasury, 1935-1938.
Administrator Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1938-1940, supervised construction of Washington National Airport. Appointed member National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, August 23, 1938.
Resumed private practice of law October 1, 1940.
Member James Madison Memorial Commission, 1960-1971. Served with 301st Engineers, 76th Division, Army of the United States, 1918-1919. Member American, District of Columbia bar associations, Phi Gamma Delta.
Mason.
Owns historic estate Bath Alum, Hot Springs, Virginia Pioneered survey airplane flights for commercial passenger service across Atlantic and South Pacific.
Married Margaret Lee Bixby, July 30, 1965. Children: Todd McCane, and Jean Hamilton.