Background
Shattuck, Howard Francis was born on July 23, 1920 in New York City. Son of Howard F. and Elizabeth (Colt) Shattuck.
Shattuck, Howard Francis was born on July 23, 1920 in New York City. Son of Howard F. and Elizabeth (Colt) Shattuck.
Bachelor cum laude, Yale University, 1942; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1948.
Associate, Jackson, Nash, Brophy, Barringer & Brooks, New York City, 1948-1956; various legal positions, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York City, 1956-1960, 63-79; London counsel, United Kingdom, 1960-1963; chairman task force on nationalization, Mobil Oil Corporation, 1965-1967; senior counsel Mid East and Indonesia, 1968-1972; associate general counsel Mid East, sales and supply, 1973-1979; general counsel Mid East, transportation, sales and supply, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York City, 1979-1984; general counsel international and Mid East, sales, supply and transportation, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York City, 1984-1985; private practice,, New York City, since 1985. Member study group on arbitration Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 1981-1985. Lecturer Practising Law Institute, 1980.
Member Republican Town Meeting, Darien, Connecticut, 1966-1972, chairman plans coordination committee 1968-1972. Board directors Darien Land Trust, 1987-1995, president, 1989-1992. Board directors American Hospital of Istanbul (Turkey), Inc., since 1989, Landgrove (Vermont) Conservation Committee, since 1992.
Trustee Landgrove Cmty. Church, since 1987, president, since 1988. Captain United States Marine Corps, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American Bar Association (member and rapporteur of working group on improving effectiveness of United Nations 1994, chairman international institutions committee since 1994, chairman working group on United Nations specialized agys. since 1994, ad hoc commission on Act of State doctrine 1986-1989), Association of Bar of City of New York (young lawyers committee 1949-1952, commission on municipal affairs 1952-1955, commission on arbitration and alternative dispute resolution 1982-1988, chairman 1985-1988, commission on international law 1989-1991, county on international affairs since 1991), International Law Association, American Society.Internat.
Law, American Arbitration Association (panelist), The Century Association, Yale Club.
Married Ruth Murphy (deceased August 1990). Children: John H.F., Christina Shattuck Stenhuis, Samuel Fitzhugh (deceased). Married Julie Follansbee Pratt, October 1992.