Background
Buck, Gurdon Hall was born on April 10, 1936 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Richard Saltonstall and Aloha Frances (Hall) Buck.
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Buck, Gurdon Hall was born on April 10, 1936 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Richard Saltonstall and Aloha Frances (Hall) Buck.
Bachelor in English, Lehigh University, 1958; Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1965.
Associate Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, 1965-1967. Vice president, counsel R. F. Broderick & Associates, 1968-1969. Partner Pelgrift, Byrne, Buck & Connolly, Hartford and Farmington, Connecticut, 1969—1978, Byrne, Buck & Steiner and predecessor Byrne & Buck, Farmington, 1975-1978.
Partner real estate and land use sections, chairman common interest group Robinson & Cole, Farmington and Hartford, 1979—2002, senior counsel, 2003—2006, of counsel, from 2006. Lieutenant United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1958-1962.
Fellow: Connecticut Bar Foundation (board directors since 2006). Member: American Bar Association (member common interest committee law committee, real property and probate, joint editorial board real property laws, advisor Uniform Planned Community Act, Model Real Estate Cooperative Act, Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act), Connecticut Association Homebuilders Organization (member developer's council), Hartford County Bar Association, Statewide Legal Services (board directors, president 1998—2006, Susan B. Wolfson award 2006), Connecticut Bar Association (chairman committee opinions, chairman real estate section, editor Connecticut Bar Journal, member ethics committee, member pro bono committee, chair public service recognition committee, Pro Bono award 2004, Charles Parker Public Service award 2006), International Bar Association (panelist common ownership consumer protection 1987), American Institute Certified Planners, American Planning Association, Community Associations Institute (president Connecticut chapter 1980-1983, president research foundation 1980-1983, national trustee 1982-1988, secretary 1986-1989, board directors 1992-1998, Academy of Authors, Century Club, Byron Hanke Distinguished Service award), Anglo-American Real Property Institute (board governors since 1994), American College Community Association Lawyers, American College Real Estate Lawyers (board directors 1986-1992, member common ownership committee), American Law Institute (advisor Restatement Property 3d Servitudes).
Son of Richard Saltonstall ad Aloha Frances (Hall) B. Children: Keith Saltonstall, Frances Josephine, Daniel Winthrop. Married Martha Finder, 1996.