Background
Mellum, Gale Robert was born on July 5, 1942 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lester Andrew and Doris Esther (Smith) Mellum.
Mellum, Gale Robert was born on July 5, 1942 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lester Andrew and Doris Esther (Smith) Mellum.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1964; Juris Doctor magna cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1968.
Associate, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, 1968-1975;
partner, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, since 1976;
member management committee, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, 1986-1998. Planning committee Garret Corporation and Securities Law Institute, Northwestern University Law School, since 1984. Advisory board Quali Tech Inc., Chaska, Minnesota, 1985-1998, board directors.
Board directors The Tesseract Group, Inc., Minneapolis. Corporation secretary Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, Belle Plaine, Minnesota, since 1997.
Hockey chairman LARC Board, Minneapolis, 1980-1985. Member American Bar Association (federal securities regulation committee), Minnesota Bar Association, HennepinCounty Bar Association (securities regulation committee).
Married Julie Murdoch Swanstrom, July 23, 1966. Children: Eric Scott, Wendy Jane.