Background
Leavitt, Dana Gibson was born on December 4, 1925 in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Luther C. and Margaret (Gibson) Leavitt.
Leavitt, Dana Gibson was born on December 4, 1925 in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Luther C. and Margaret (Gibson) Leavitt.
Bachelor, Brown University, 1948. Postgraduate, Harvard University Business School, 1955.
Home office representative, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Boston, also Long Beach, California, 1949-1954;
vice president, secretary-treasurer, executive vice president, N. American Title Insurance Company, Oakland, California, 1955-1964;
president, Transam. Title Insurance Company, Oakland, 1964-1972;
vice president, Transam. Corporation, 1969-1971;
group vice president, Transam.
Corporation, 1971-1977;
executive vice president, Transam. Corporation, 1977-1981. Board directors Chicago Title and Trust Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company, World Minerals, Inc.
Board directors American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Napa Valley, California, president, 1994-1996.
Board directors Children's Hospital Medical Center and Foundation, 1969-1972. Trustee Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 1972-1975, Queen of Valley Hospital, Napa, California, 1988-1990. Board directors National Wildflower Research Center, Austin, Texas, 1988-1990, president, 1990-1994.
Board directors Brown University, Providence, 1973-1978, trustee emeritus, since 1978. With United States Marine Corps Reserve, World War World War II. Member World Presidents Organization (board directors 1986), Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Clubs: Brown University of Northern California, Harvard Business School of Northern California, Napa Valley Country. Bohemian (San Francisco).
Married Frances Smith, April 12, 1952. Children: Margaret Gibson, Jonathan.