Background
Gifford, Daniel Joseph was born on January 7, 1932 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Lyle Clarence and Elizabeth Veronica (O'Shea) Gifford.
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Gifford, Daniel Joseph was born on January 7, 1932 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Lyle Clarence and Elizabeth Veronica (O'Shea) Gifford.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Holy Cross College, 1953; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1958; Juris Scientiae Doctor, Columbia University, 1981.
Association, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, 1958-1962;
assistant professor of law, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1962-1964;
associate professor of law, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1964-1966;
Ford fellow, Columbia University, New York City, 1965-1966;
professor of law, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1966-1977;
professor of law, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1977-1989;
Julius Davis chair, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1982-1983;
Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ceresi professor of law chair, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1989. Visiting professor University of Michigan, 1984, University of Pennsylvania, 1985. Antitrust consultant, since 1974.
Instructor Comparative Law Institute Free U., Brussels, 1968, U. Lyons, France, 1983, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1988, 92. Visiting fellow U. Warwick, England, 1973. Visiting attorney Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, 1980.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1953-1955. Member American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association.
Married Ann Megathlin, June 24, 1960. Children: Karen, Stephen, Christine.