Background
Dunham, Corydon Busnell was born on November 14, 1927 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Corydon Busnell and Marion (Howe) Dunham.
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Corydon Busnell Dunham
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Corydon Busnell Dunham, American Lawyer, broadcasting executive. Bar: New York 1951, District of Columbia 1990. Served to Second lieutenant Arty Army of the United States, 1944-1946, Japan. Member American Arbitration Association (director), National Academy television Arts and Sciences (legal committee chair New York chapter), Harvard Club.
Education
Bowdoin College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1948). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1951).
Career
Worked at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Admitted to the bar, 1951, New New York 1990, District of Columbia.
General Counsel, 1971-1988, Senior Counsel to the President, 1989 and Executive Vice President, 1976-1989, National Broadcasting Company, Incorporated.
Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1982. Member, Committee on Governance, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1995-1997.
Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1982-1994. Member, Board of Directors, American Corporate Counsel Association, 1983-1987.
Chairman, Legal Committee of the Board of Governors of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1997.
Guest Scholar on Free Press and the Information Super Highway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Appointment Winter, 1995, Washington, District of Columbia. Author: Fighting the First Amendment, Stanton of Columbia Broadcasting System Versus Congress and the Nixon White House, 1997, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1982. Member, Committee on Governance, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1995-1997. Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1982-1994.
Member, Board of Directors, American Corporate Counsel Association, 1983-1987.
Chairman, Legal Committee of the Board of Governors of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1997. Guest Scholar on Free Press and the Information Super Highway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Appointment Winter, 1995, Washington, District of Columbia.
Connections
Married Janet Burke, October 29, 1966. Children: Corydon B. III, Christopher B.
