Gerritt William Wesselink

Background

Wesselink, Gerritt William was born on September 22, 1903 in Sioux Center, Iowa, United States. Son of Henry W. and Henrietta (Schut) Wesselink.

Education

Student Northwestern Academy, Orange City, Iowa, 1917-1921. Bachelor of Arts, Hope College, 1925. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1928.

Career

Admitted to Missouri bar, 1929, Illinois bar, 1931. Practice in Kansas City, Missoury, 1928-1931, Chicago, 1931-1942. Member firm Crowe, Gorman, Mulder & Wesselink, 1931-1942.

Member Armed Services Board Contract Appeals, Washington, 1946-1952. Associate general counsel United States Air Force, 1952-1958, deputy general counsel, 1958-1963, acting general counsel, 1963-1964, general counsel, since 1964. Professor government contracts Georgetown University, 1953-1961.

Visiting lecturer University of Virginia Chairman, Air Force Civilian Attorney Qualifying Committee, since 1958.

Politics

All human life is sacred and created by God and therefore, we must see all human life as significant and valuable. When governments implement the death penalty, then the life of the convicted person is devalued and all possibility of change in that person’s life ends.

Views

Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.

Membership

Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member Federal Bar Association.

Connections

Married Marion Stewart Paton, August 12, 1944. Children: John Stewart, Malcolm William, Marilyn Annual.

Father:

Henry W. Wesselink

Mother:

Henrietta (Schut) Wesselink

Spouse:

Marion Stewart Paton

child:

Marilyn Ann Wesselink

child:

Malcolm William Wesselink

child:

John Stewart Wesselink