Background
Tight, Dexter Corwin was born on September 14, 1924 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Dexter Junkins and Marie (Corwin) Tight.
Tight, Dexter Corwin was born on September 14, 1924 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Dexter Junkins and Marie (Corwin) Tight.
AB, Denison University, 1948. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1951.
Associate Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1953-1960. General attorney William Polk Fuller & Company, 1960-1961. General counsel Schlage Lock Company, 1961-1977.
Director government affairs Crown Zellerbach Corporation, 1977-1978. Senior vice president, international and general counsel The Gap Inc., San Bruno, 1978-1990. General council The Nature Company, 1990—1995.
Board directors Shaw-Clayton Plastics, San Rafael, California, Granite Rock Company, Watsonville, California, Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. Member World Affairs Council, International Diplomcay Council. Chairman That Man May See, San Francisco, 1997, 98.
Second lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1943-1945, 1st Lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1951-1952.
Trustee Denison University, 1978-1999, chairman capital fund doctor, 1988-1994. Trustee, Global Council, URI since 2003, trustee Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1968, 73, elder, 1969-1990. Elder Valley Presbyterian Church, since 1992.
Volunteer International Executive Service Corps., participant People to People International 2002. Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association, San Francisco Bar Association (chairman various committees), Commonwealth Club California (past board directors, executive committee), Menlo Country Club, Bohemian Club (San Francisco), Guardsman Club (1st vice president 1961), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Callander, April 20, 1951. Children: Dexter C. Junior, Kathyryn Marie Loken, Steven M., David C.