Background
Christenson, Gordon A. was born on June 22, 1932 in Salt Lake City. Son of Gordon B. and Ruth Arzella (Anderson) Christenson.
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Gordon A. Christenson
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Bachelor of Science in Law, University Utah, 1955. Juris Doctor, University Utah, 1956. Doctor of Juridical Science, George Washington University, 1961.
Career
Law clerk to chief justice, Utah Supreme Court, 1956-1957;
associate firm, Christenson & Callister, Salt Lake City, 1956-1958;
attorney, Department of Army, National Guard Bureau, Washington, 1957-1958;
attorney, acting assistant legal adviser, Office of Legal Adviser, unites states department State, Washington, 1958-1962;
assistant general counsel for science and technical, unites states department Commerce, 1962-1967;
special assistant to undersecretary of commerce, unites states department Commerce, 1967;
counsel to commerce technical advisory board, unites states department Commerce, 1962-1967;
chairman task force on telecommunications missions and organization, unites states department Commerce, 1967;
counsel to panel on engineering and commodity standards, technical advisory board, unites states department Commerce, 1963-1965;
associate professor of law, University Oklahoma, Norman, 1967-1970;
executive assistant to president, U. Oklahoma, 1967-1970;
university dean for educational development, central administration, State University New York, Albany, 1970-1971;
professor of law, American U. Law School, Washington, 1971-1979;
dean, American U. Law School, 1971-1977;
on leave, 1977-1979;
Charles H. Stockton professor international law, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1977-1979;
dean, Nippert professor of law, University Cincinnati College Law, 1979-1985;
university professor of law, University Cincinnati College Law, since 1985. Associate professorial lecturer in international affairs George Washington University,1961-1967. Visiting scholar Harvard University Law School, 1977-1978, Yale Law School, 1985-1986, Law School U. Maine, Portland, 1997.
Wallace S. Fujiyama visiting distinguished professor of law University Hawaii Law School, 1997. Participant summer conferences on international law Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1962, 64. Consultant in international law United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1969.
Faculty member, reporter seminars for experienced federal district judges Federal Judicial Center, Washington, 1972-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Consultant Center for Policy Alternatives Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1981. Member intergovernmental committee on International Policy on Weather Modification, 1967. Vice president Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute, New York City, 1962-2001, trustee, since 1962, Glenn Weaver Foundation Law Psychiatry, Cinn., since 2006.
Member American Society International Law, Utah Bar Association, Cincinnati Bar Association, Order of Coif, Literature Club (Cincinnati), Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma.
Connections
Married Katherine Joy deMik, November 2, 1951 (divorced 1977). Children: Gordon Scott, Marjorie Lynne, Ruth Ann, Nanette. Married Fabienne Fadeley, September 16, 1979.
