Background
Willits, Frederick E. was born on February 26, 1914 in Glen Cove, New York, United States.
Willits, Frederick E. was born on February 26, 1914 in Glen Cove, New York, United States.
Swarthmore College (Bachelor of Arts, 1934). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1937).
Worked at Cullen and Dykman (Brooklyn, NY) specializing in General Civil Practice with emphasis on Banking, Corporate, Commercial, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental, Labor and Employee Relations, Litigation, Municipal, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1938, New York. Honorary Trustee, Friends Academy.
For more than a century, Cullen and Dykman has contributed significantly to the commercial, civic and social development of the New York metropolitan area. The Firm traces its history back to the 1850s, and since that time it has aided and advised the area's businesses, institutions and individuals. In its early years, the Firm provided legal counsel from its offices in Brooklyn Heights to the forerunners of today's utility, water and transit systems and to important banking, shipping, retail, and manufacturing interests.
A founding partner, the Honorable Alexander McCue, was chairman of the group that hired John Roebling to design the Brooklyn Bridge. One hundred years later, Cullen and Dykman served as counsel for the Bridge's centennial celebration.