Background
Davidson, Crow Girard was born on July 28, 1910 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Joseph and Lilla May (Kennedy) Davidson.
Davidson, Crow Girard was born on July 28, 1910 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Joseph and Lilla May (Kennedy) Davidson.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern Louisiana Institute, 1930; Bachelor of Laws, Tulane University, 1933; Bachelor of Laws Sterling fellow, Yale, 1933-1934; Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale, 1936.
Attorney, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1937; consultant attorney, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon, 1940-1942; general counsel, Bonneville Power Administration, 1943-1946; consultant, Office of Personnel Management, Washington, 1941-1942; assistant general counsel, War Production Board, 1944-1945; assistant secretary of the interior, 1946-1950; now member of law firm, Davidson, Sharkey & Cummings. President, Alaska Pacific Lumber Company consultant, City New York, 1967-1968; Member, Oregon's Ednl. Coordinating Commission, chairman, 1974-1977; National Democratic elector, 1952; member, Democratic National Committee from Oregon, 1956-1963; chairman national, Democratic Committee on Natural Resources chairman, Western States Democratic Conference, 1960-1963.
Member American, Louisiana, Oregon, Alaska bar associations, Order of Coif, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Alpha Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Portland City.
Married Mercedes Hester, January 21, 1939 (divorced January 1952). Children— Michael Cobb, Joan Hester. Married Joan F. Kaplan, December 20, 1953 (divorced March 1967).
Children— John Matthew, Girard, Alice Elizabeth, Peter. Married Sylvia Nemer, October 4, 1967.