Background
Hedges, Donald Walton was born on May 24, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Byron C. and Irma (McCleary) Hedges.
Hedges, Donald Walton was born on May 24, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Byron C. and Irma (McCleary) Hedges.
Student, Principia College, 1939-1940; Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1943; Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1947; D. Business Science (honorary), Webber College, 1947.
Law clerk to Chief Justice Horace Stern Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1948-1949. Member firm Mancill, Cooney, Semans & Hedges, 1949-1964. Partner Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis Cohen, Philadelphia, 1965-1982, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Wayne, 1986-1988.
Private practice law , since 1948. Director Servotronics, Inc. Lieutenant (junior grade) Air Force United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Former trustee Atwater Kent Museum. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Juristic Society Philadelphia, Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Union League (Philadelphia).
Sharswood Law (University Pennsylvania), Merion Cricket.
Married Mary Elizabeth Mancill, January 29, 1944 (divorced). Children: Judith Elizabeth, Donna Louise, Byron C. III, Steven M. Married Diane Scheid, January 15, 1965.
Children: Scott Andrew, Hillary Carson.