Background
Pitt, George was born on July 21, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Cornelius George and Anastasia (Geocaris) Pitt.
lawyer practitioner investment banker
Pitt, George was born on July 21, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Cornelius George and Anastasia (Geocaris) Pitt.
Bachelor, Northwestern University, 1960. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1963. Honorary graduate, United States Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland, 1964.
Leading Strategic Change course, University Virginia, 1999.
Associate Chapman and Cutler, Chicago, 1963-1967. Partner Borge and Pitt, and predecessor, 1968-1987, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, 1987-1997. Senior managing director Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
(formerly First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc.), 1998-2000. Managing director Union Bank of Switzerland Finance Services Inc. (formerly Union Bank of Switzerland PaineWebber Inc.), 2000—2004, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., Chicago, 2004—2007.
Of counsel Greenberg Traurig LLP, since 2007. Conference chairman Bond Buyer's 3d Annual Midwest Public Finance Conference, 1994. Conference co-chairman Bond Buyer's 8th Annual Midwest Public Finance Conference, 1999, conference co-chairman Bond Buyer's 11th, 2005.
1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1964. Fellow: American College Bond Counsel. Member: Illinois State Bar Association, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Eta Sigma Phi.
Married Barbara Lynn Goodrich, December 21, 1963 (divorced April 1990). Children: Elizabeth Nanette, Margaret Leigh. Married Pamela Ann Pittsford, May 19, 1990.