Background
Swatland, Donald Clinton was born on May 5, 1895 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Stephen Seran and Ella Tracy (York) Swatland.
Swatland, Donald Clinton was born on May 5, 1895 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Stephen Seran and Ella Tracy (York) Swatland.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1916. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1921.
Admitted to New York bar, 1921, and since practiced in New York City. With firm Cravath. DeGersdorff, Swaine & Wood, 1921-1926, partner, 1926-1942. Cravath. Swaine & Moore, since 1945.
Director, Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Director of the Travelers Aid Society of New York, since 1950.
Served as First lieutenant, infantry, American Expeditionary Force, United States Army. 1917-1919; Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, International Law Association (member American branch), New York State, American bar associations, Bar Association City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Princeton Campus, Princeton, Harvard, Broad St., Economic, Union (New York City).
Married Muriel Bacheller, April. Children: Suzanne, Judith, Thomas New York.