Background
Donald H. was born on 18 January in 1945 in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. The son of D. H., Junior and Dorris Vish.
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Donald H. was born on 18 January in 1945 in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. The son of D. H., Junior and Dorris Vish.
Bachelor in English, Bellarmine College, 1968. Juris Doctor cum laude, University Louisville, 1971.
Secretary, general counsel General Energy Corporation, Lexington, Kentucky, 1978-1983. Partner Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, 1980-1988, Frost Brown Todd, Lexington, 1988-1989, 1991-1998. General counsel Kentucky Coal Producers' Self-Insurance Fund, 1992-1998.
Secretary, general counsel AIK Workers Compensation Fund, 1998—2004, executive vice president & board member, 2002—2004. Of counsel, Middleton, Reutlinger, 2004-2016. Executive director & board member The J & L Foundation, since 2008.
Director advocacy Kentucky Coalition Against The Death Penalty, 2009-2012. Adjunct professor Law & Literature Brandeis School of Law, 2010-2013. Appointed associate solicitor United States Department Interior, 1989—1991.
Adjunct associate professor mineral law University Kentucky, Lexington, 1979—1985.
Trustee Sayre School, Lexington, 1980—1988. Chairman board director Syre School, 1986—1988. Member Blue Grass council Boy Scouts American, 1988—1993.
Appointed governor Kentucky Registry Election Finance, 1991—1993. Board director Highlands Community Ministries, 2001—2004. Board directors Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, 2005—2008, Interfaith Paths to Peace, 2006-2010, Louisville Bar Association, since 2007.
President Interfaith Paths to Peace, 2007-2010. Fellow: American Bar Foundation (life). Member: American Bar Association (chairman coal committee, natural resources section 1987), LBA, Louisville Bar Association Committee Judicial Integrity & Independence (board member), Kentucky Bar Association (member ethics committee 1983-1985, chair residency committee 1998—2002), Florida Bar, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (member executive committee 1979-1982, trustee 1979-1991, trustee emeritus 1998), Louisville Bar Foundation (life), American Law Institute (life), Kentucky Bar Foundation (life). Board member, Kentucky School of Art and Design (at Spalding University) 2010-2013; Board member and chair (2013-2015) The Center for Non-Profit Excellence, 2009-2016, Director Emeritus 2017.
Donald married to Catherine Pence Hamilton on 20 August in 1966 (divorced 1986). They have two children: Donald Hamilton, Daphne Mershon Sullivan.