Background
Buland, George Leonard was born on April 6, 1897 in Greenwood, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George L. and Bertha E. (Mason) Buland.
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George Leonard Buland
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Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, 1916. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1919.
Career
Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1917-1919. Practiced in Portland, Oregon, 1919-1930. Partner firm Dey, Hampson & Nelsen, 1923-1930.
Lecturer Northwestern College Law, 1926-1930.
President Kalama State Bank (Washington), 1923-1930. Editor Oregon Law Review, 1927-1930.
Assistant general counsel South.P. Company. New York City, 1930-1944, eastern general counsel, 1944-1945, associate general counsel, 1945-1947, general counsel, 1948-1950, vice president, general counsel, 1951-1963.
Director Pacific Fruit Express Company, 1935-1944 (president 1943-1944).
Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Company. Director, Executive Committee Southern Pacific Company, various subsidiaries, 1953-1969. Counsel Severson Werson, Berke & Melchior, 1963-1975.
Honorary trustee Reed College, Portland.
Board visitors Stanford Law School.
Achievements
Membership
Served in United States Navy, 1918. Member American, Oregon bar associations, State Bar California, Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Commonwealth, Family, Pacific Union (San Francisco).
Connections
Married Anne Doctorate. Shea, September 10, 1924. Children: Nan (Mistress Peter Koerner), George.
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Nationality
American