Background
Conard, Frederick Underwood was born on July 11, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Frederick U. and Julia Ellmaker (Hand) Conard.
Conard, Frederick Underwood was born on July 11, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Frederick U. and Julia Ellmaker (Hand) Conard.
Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1943.
Bar: Connecticut 1943, United States District Court Connecticut 1948, United States District Court (northern district) New York 1967, United States District Court Vermont 1973, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1960, United States Tax Court 1950, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1959. Association, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, Connecticut, 1943-1949, partner, 1950-1990, of counsel,1990-1993. Justice of peace, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1973-1974, 77.
Member of advisory commission to Waller Tennessee Trust, 1953-1970, trustee, 1970.
President Sunset Farm Corporation, 1987-1991. Panel member American Arbitration Association, 1992, Stafed, Incorporated., 1993-1995.
Board of directors Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Hartford, secretary, 1944-1950, board of directors, 1967-1978, 79-85, president, 1970-1974, trustee, 1978-1979, 85, chairman numerous commission, delegate National Council Young Men's Christian Association, 1981-1983, board directors Young Men's Christian Association of United States of America,1981-1983. Board directors American School for the Deaf, Hartford, 1956-1993, secretary, 1956-1968, Second vice president, 1968-1975, Executive Committee, 1968-1993.
Corporator Connecticut Institute.for Blind, Institute for Living, 1959-1994.
Trustee Hartford College for Women, 1954-1984, 86-93, honorary trustee, 1993. Corporator Hartford Public Library, 1963. Board directors Almada Lodge-Times Farm Corporation, 1964-1993.
Active Asylum Hill Congressional Church, 1937, elder, 1968, member pastoral search committee, 1974, deacon, 1962-1968, 1980-1983.
Member Conference General Assembly, 1955-1957, commission on judiciary, commission on rules, member interim rules committee, 1955-1957. Member 10th District Republican Committee, 1961-1995.
Member, vice chairman charter revision commission Town of West Hartford, 1963-1964, chairman, 1964-1965. Delegate Constitutional Convention of Connecticut, 1965.
Member judicial performance evaluation committee Connecticut State Judicial Department, 1983-1984.
Member judicial advisory panel Judicial Performance Evaluation Program Commander State Judicial Department, 1984-1990. State trial referee Judicial Department, 1984.
Special masters United States District Court Connecticut, parajudicial United States District Court, 1992.
Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1976-1980, commission on prepaid legal services 1980-1981, commission on constitution and bylaws 1981-1987, Chairman of Commission senior lawyers division. Member United Church of Christ.
Married Annette Hall, June 19, 1943. Children: Frederick University, Virginia H. Bachelor with distinction in English, Wesleyan University, 1940.