Herbert Putnam Wilkins

Background

Wilkins, Herbert Putnam was born on January 10, 1930 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Raymond Sanger and Mary Louisa (Aldrich) Wilkins.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1951; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1954; Doctor of Laws, Suffolk U., 1976; Juris Doctor, New England School Law, 1979.

Career

Associate firm, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, 1954-1959; partner, Palmer & Dodge, 1960-1972; associate justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1972-1996; chief justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, since 1996.

Achievements

• Herbert Putnam Wilkins has been listed as a noteworthy State supreme court chief justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board overseers Harvard University, 1977-1983, president of the board, 1981-1983. Trustee MiltonAcad., 1971-1976, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1972-1978. Member Concord (Massachusetts)Planning Board, 1957-1960.

Selectman Town of Concord, 1960-1966, town counsel, 1969-1972. Town counsel Town of Acton, Massachusetts, 1966-1972. Member American Law Institute (council), American College Trial Lawyers (judicial fellow).

Connections

Married Angela Joy Middleton, June 21, 1952. Children: Douglas H., Stephen M., Christopher P., Kate W. McManus.

Father:

Raymond Sanger Wilkins

Mother:

Mary Louisa (Aldrich) Wilkins

Spouse:

Angela Joy Middleton

child:

Kate W. McManus Wilkins

child:

Christopher P. Wilkins

child:

Stephen M. Wilkins

child:

Douglas H. Wilkins