Background
Cameron, Duncan Hume was born on May 26, 1934 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Donald Ewen and Jean Carruthers (Rankine) Cameron.
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Duncan Hume Cameron
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Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1956). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, 1965).
Spoken languages: Spanish and French.
Career
Worked at Cameron & Hornbostel, Limited liability partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in International, Banking, Litigation, and General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1959, New New York 1967, District of Columbia.
1970, United States.
Supreme Court. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1970-1980, 1989. Visiting Professor of Law, Victoria University, New Zealand, 1986.
Office of General Counsel, Agency for International Development, Department of State, 1963-1967. Legal Advisor, United States Agency for International Development Mission to Dominican Republic, 1966-1996.
Member, of the Board, 1992.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Pan American School of Agriculture, 1991. President, Chilean American Chamber of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia, 1992. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Federal and American Bar Associations.
Cameron & Hornbostel, Limited Liability Partnership, is an American law firm that specializes in representing foreign clients in the United States and American clients abroad. Established in 1972, our firm"s practice spans such areas as general corporate law, banking, reinsurance, real estate, investment, customs and trade law, and litigation.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board Pan American School Agriculture, 1991-1997, board directors, since 1986. Board directors Washington History Society, since 1998, Washington Tennis Foundation, since 1995. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, International Bar Association, Washington Foreign Law Society (Board of Governors 1988-1990), Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce of Washington (president 1991-1996, Chairman of the Board since 1997), Cosmos Club.
Connections
Married Caroline I. Gilbert, 1975. Children: Sarah, Anne.
