George Ames Sears

Background

Sears, George Ames was born on October 17, 1926 in Chehalis, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Briton Wallis and Merle (Kelso) Sears.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1949. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1952.

Career

Associate Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, San Francisco, 1952-1958, partner, 1959-1998, chairman firm, 1984-1989.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1952.

Membership

Board directors Bay Area Council, San Francisco, 1984-1989, Invest-in-American Northern California Council, San Francisco, 1988-1990, Marin Conservation League, 1992-1998, Buck Center for Research in Aging, 1996-1998. Trustee Marin Country Day School, Corte Madera, California, 1961-1965. Member executive committee board visitors Stanford (California) University Law School, 1982-1986.

Member board visitors Brigham Young University Law School, Provo, Utah, 1986-1988. President Stanford University Law Fund, 1985-1986. President Legal Aid Society, San Francisco, 1969-1970.

Member Council Friends of Bancroft Library., 1993-1998. With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association (chairman administration of justice committee 1973-1974), San Francisco Bar Association, Pacific-Union Club, Belvedere Tennis Club.

Interests

• Reading, music, hiking, tennis.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Deggeller, May 5, 1951. Children: Kathrin Elizabeth, Geoffrey John.

Father:

Briton Wallis Sears

Mother:

Merle (Kelso) Sears

Spouse:

Mary Ann Deggeller

child:

Kathrin Elizabeth Sears

child:

Geoffrey John Sears