Francis Millspaugh Wheat

Background

Wheat, Francis Millspaugh was born on February 4, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Carl Irving and Helen (Millspaugh) Wheat.

Education

Pomona College (Bachelor of Arts, 1942). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1948).

Career

Worked at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice, State and Federal Courts. Antitrust Law. Specialized Criminal Defense. General Corporation, Securities, Administrative, Labor and Employment, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust, International Business, Entertainment, Commercial, Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Environmental Energy, Municipal and Public Utility Law.

Admitted to the bar, 1949, California. Phi Beta Kappa. Commissioner, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 1964-1969. Vice President, Board of Trustees, Pomona College, 1973-1993.

Member, Board of Governors, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1973-1976. Member, Legal Advisory Committee, New York Stock Exchange, 1982-1987. Member: Los Angeles County (President, 1975-1976) and American Bar Associations.

Chancery Club; American Law Institute. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, originating in Los Angeles, has been providing legal services to clients since 1890. Today, the firm has grown to one of the largest law firms in the world with approximately 600 active attorneys in 15 offices situated in most of the world's important business centers.

The firm has experts in virtually every area of the law, particularly those which relate to commercial transactions and disputes, and has more effective geographical coverage in the United States than any other major firm. The firm's lawyers and staff are dedicated to providing quality service on a timely and cost effective basis.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1949.

Membership

Trustee S.W. Museum, Los Angeles, 1964, Pomona College, 1967-1995, vice chairman, 1972-1995, Ralph Parson Foundation, since 1995. Board directors United Nations Association Los Angeles, 1963-1964, Association Governing Bds. Universities and Colls., 1968-1970, Center for Law in Public Interest, since 1974, Alliance for Children's Rights (president 1992-1994), California Commision on Campaign Finance (co-chairman since 1985), EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund, since 1978.

Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Law Institute, Los Angeles County Bar Association (chairman committee corporations 1963-1964, committee juvenile courts 1957, trustee 1971-1976, president 1975-1976), Alumni Association Pomona College (president 1964-1965), National Association Securities Dealers(Board of Governors 1973-1976), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Nancy Loring Warner, October 14, 1944. Children– Douglas Loring, Carl Irving, Gordon Warner.

Father:

Carl Irving Wheat

Mother:

Helen (Millspaugh) Wheat

Spouse:

Nancy Loring Warner

child:

Carl Irving Wheat

child:

Gordon Warner Wheat

child:

Douglas Loring Wheat