Background
Dyer, Cromwell Adair was born on September 9, 1932 in Saint Louis.
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Cromwell Adair Dyer
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Education
Came to Netherlands, 1973. Son of Adair and Tompie Leora (Giles) Doctorate.;m. Margaret Copeland Peickert, June 12, 1958 (division August 1976).
Stepchildren: Carol Godso, Amanda McDonough, Donne Brown.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas-Austin, 1954, Juris Doctor, 1961. Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1971.
Career
Bar: Texas 1961, United States District Court (northern district) Texas 1965, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1965, United States District Court (eastern district) Texas 1966, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit), 1982. Law clerk Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1960. Associate Branscomb, Gary, Thomasson & Hall, Corpus Christi, 1961-1962.
Staff attorney Southern Union Gas Company, Dallas, 1962-1964.
Associate Dedman & May, Dallas, 1964-1965, White, McElroy & White, Dallas, 1965-1967. Sole practice, Dallas, 1967-1973.
Secretary Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1973-1978, 1st secretary, 1978-1993, deputy secretary general, 1993-1997. Observer or consultant to intergovernmental organizations, 1976-1997.
Conductor seminars.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1954-1957. Member jury for award of Diploma in International Law, Hague Academy, 1980, 84, 85, 86, 87, 91, 94, 95, 96, director studies, 1985, course on Unfair Competition in Private International Law, 1988. Member American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, American Society International Law, Inter-American Bar Association, American Foreign Law Association, Dutch Eisenhower Exchange.
Connections
Married Susan Aynesworth, August 20, 1977. Children: Gretchen, Jack, Julie, Stephen.
