Background
Middleton, Jack Baer was born on January 13, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry C. and Mildred Cornell (Baer) Middleton.
Middleton, Jack Baer was born on January 13, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry C. and Mildred Cornell (Baer) Middleton.
Lafayette College (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Boston University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1956). Student Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1954-1956.
Judge, Merrimack District Court, 1962-1986. Commissioner, Uniform State Laws, 1971-1975. President, Boston University Law School Alumni Association, 1978-1979.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, The White Mountain School, 1976-1979. Trustee, New England Law Institute, 1977-1980. Director, New Hampshire Public Radio, 1987-1990.
Member, New Hampshire Judicial Council, 1978 1983. Director, 1978-1988 and President, 1982-1983, New England Bar Association. Member, Advisory Board, Merrimack College, 1981-1985.
Director, 1963-1988, Chairman, 1985-1986, Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Director, National Association of IOLTA Programs, 1990-1991.
Associate McLane, Graf, Raulerson, and Middleton, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1956—1962. Partner, director McLane, Graf, Raulerson, and Middleton, since 1962. Special justice Merrimack, New Hampshire District Court, 1964-1987.
Commissioner Uniform State Laws, 1971-1974.
Author: (with others) Summary of New Hampshire Law, l964, Compendium of New Hampshire Law, l969, Trial of a Wrongful Death Action in New Hampshire, l977. Editor Boston University Law Review, l954-56. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Active Mount Washington Commission, since 1969, Bedford, New Hampshire School Board, 1960-1966. Advisory board Merrimack Valley College. Trustee, vice president Mount Washington Observatory, since 1957.
Chairman board trustees White Mountain School, 1976-1979. Campaign chairman United Way Greater Manchester, 1987, board directors, 1986-1992, chairman, 1990-1991. Board directors New Hampshire Public Radio, 1988-1991.
Board governor New Hampshire Public television, 1994-2003, chairman, 1997-1999. Trustee New England Law Institute, 1977-1980, Nature Conservency, 2002-2010, University New Hampshire School Law, since 2003, New Hampshire Supreme Court Society, since 2009, Society Protection New Hampshire Trust, 10-. Sergeant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1950-1952.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (chairman New Hampshire section 1988-1990), American Bar Foundation (life). Member American Bar Association (house delegations 1984-2005, board governor 1996-2002, secretary elect 1998-1999, secretary 1999-2002), New England Bar Association (board director 1977-1988, president 1982-1983), New Hampshire Bar Association (president 1979-1980), New Hampshire Bar Foundation (board director 1979-1992, chair 1983-1990, since 2010), National Center State Court (director 1999-2005), National Conference Bar Foundation (trustee 1985-1992, president 1989-1990), National Conference Bar President (executive council 1987-1995, president 1993-1994), New Hampshire Business and Industry Association (board director 1988-2005, secretary 1990-2005), Manchester C. of Chamber (board director 1967-1989, chairman 1984-1985), New England Council (board directors 1991-2004), New England Legal Foundation (board directors 2001-2004).
Married Ann (Dodge), August 22, 1953. Children: Susan D., Jack B. Junior, Peter C.