Background
Wallace, Don was born on April 23, 1932 in Vienna, Austria.
Wallace, Don was born on April 23, 1932 in Vienna, Austria.
Bachelor of Arts with high honors, Yale University, 1953; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1957.
Associate, Fleischmann, Jaeckle, Stokes and Hitchcock, New York City, 1959-1960;
associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, New York City, 1957-1958, 60-62;
research assistant to faculty member, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1959;
regional legal advisory Middle East, Agency for International Development, Department State, 1963-1965;
deputy assistant general counsel, Agency for International Development, Department State, 1965-1966;
associate professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, 1966-1971;
professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, since 1971;
chairman, International Law Institute, Washington, since 1969. Consultant Agency for International Development, 1966-1970, United Nations Centre on Transnat. Corps., 1977-1978; counsel Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, 1978-1986, Arnold & Porter, 1986-1989,Shearman & Sterling, 1989-1998, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, since 1998.
Legal advisor State of Qatar, 1979-1982. Chairman advising committee on technical and world trade Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1976-1979. Member Secretary ofState's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, since 1979.
Member United States delegate United Nations Conference on State Succession in Respect of Treaties, Vienna, 1978. Member United States delegate new international economics order working group United Nations Commission International Trade Law, Vienna, since 1981. Visiting committee Harvar dLaw School, since 1996.
Coord. Anne Arundel County (Maryland.) Democratic National Committee, 1972-1979. Secretary Chesapeake Foundation, 1972-1973. National chairman Law professors for Bush and Quayle, 1988, 92, for Dole and Kemp, 1996.
Vice president, Board of Governors UNIDROIT Foundation, Rome,1997-.$Dat. co-chairman Law professors for. Member American Bar Association (chairman of the section international law 1978-1979), House of Delegates 1982-1984), American Law Institute, International Law Association, Shaybani Society of International Law (vice president), Control and Eastern European Law Initiative (member of advisory board), World Trade Organisation (member panel of judges), Cosmos Club, Metropolitan Club.
Son of Don and Julie (Baer) W. (parents American citizens). Married Daphne Mary Wickham, 1963. Children: Alexandra Jane, Sarah Anne, Benjamin James.