Background
Bennett, Herd Leon was born on January 17, 1934 in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States.
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Herd Leon Bennett
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Bachelor, Duke U., 1956; Juris Doctor, Cornell Univercity, 1959.
Career
Partner, Bennett & Bennett, Eaton, Ohio., since 1959. Assistant attorney general of Ohio, 1962-1963. Special counsel to attorney general of Ohio, 1963-1970.
Trustee Ohio State Bar Foundation, 1984-1992, chair planning andrsch. committee, 1986-1992, awards committee, 1988-1990, president 1991-1992. Trustee Preble County Law Library. Association, 1970-1972.
Trustee Ohio Legal Continuing Education Institute, 1990-1991, 93- (treasurer, 1993-1994, vice chairman, 1994-1995, chairman,1995-1996). Trustee Eaton Foundation, since 1978, vice president, since 1980. Trustee National Hummel Foundation and Museum, since 1982.
Board directors Ohio Bar Title Insurance Company, since 1991, Northedge Shopping Center, Inc., since 1985, Miller's Super Markets, Inc., since 1985.
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Membership
Trustee Eaton Cmty. Improvement Corporation, 1981-1994 (vice president 1987-1994), trustee Preble County Area Cmty. Improvement Corporation, since 1994 (president since 1994). Member Eaton Area Chamber of Commerce, since 1959.
Member, moderator, Sunday School teacher Concord United Church of Christ, Eaton H.S. Alumni Association (president 1983-1984, permanent advisor). Executive officer Duke U. Office of Development, 1956-1990. Duke U. admissions interview chairman for Southwest Ohio.
Member American Bar Association (real property, probate and trust law section), National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Judicature Society, Ohio State Bar Association (member of the Board of Governors since 1997, member legal ethics and professional conduct committee since 1981, county delegations since 1981), Preble County Bar Association (Vice-President 1972-1974, president 1974-1976).
