Background
Ellis, James Reed was born on August 5, 1921 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Floyd E. and Hazel (Reed) Ellis.
Ellis, James Reed was born on August 5, 1921 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Floyd E. and Hazel (Reed) Ellis.
Bachelor of Science, Yale, 1942. Juris Doctor, University Washington, 1948. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lewis and Clark University, 1968.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Seattle University, 1981. PSD (honorary), Whitman College, 1992.
Worked at Preston Gates & Ellis Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1949, Washington. 1974, District of Columbia.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Lewis and Clark College, 1968, Seattle University, 1981 and Whitman College, 1990. Order of the Coif (honorary).
Phi Delta Phi. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County, 1952.
Member, Board of Regents, University of Washington, 1965-1977. Trustee: The Ford Foundation, 1970-1982. Resources for the Future, 1983-1993.
Member: Advisory Council, United States.
Department of Transportation, 1970-1971. National Water Commission, 1971-1973.
National Academy of Public Administration, 1980. Council on Foreign Relations, 1982.
Executive Panel, Ford Foundation Project on Social Welfare and the American Future, 1986-1989.
Chairman, Washington State Convention and Trade Center Corporation, 1986. Member, Washington State Growth Strategies Commission, 1990-1991. President, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, 1991.
Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law, 1976-1977.
Member, House of Delegates, 1978-1982). National Association of Bond Lawyers (Member, Committee on Standards of Practice, 1987-1989).
(Retired).
Member National Water Commission, 1970-1973. Member urban transportation advisory council United States.Dept. Transportation, 1970-1971.
Member Washington Planning Advisory Council, 1965-1972. Member Washington State Growth Strategies Commission, 1989-1990. President ForwardThrust Inc., 1966-1973.
Chairman Mayors Committee on Rapid Transit, 1964-1965. Trustee Ford Foundation, 1970-1982, member Executive Committee, 1978-1982. Board regents U.Wash., 1965-1977, president, 1972-1973.
Trustee Resources for the Future, 1983-1992. Member of council National Municipal League, 1968-1976, vice president, 1972-1976. Chairman Save our Local Farmlands Committee, 1978-1979, King County Farmlands Advisory Commission, 1980-1982.
President Friends of Freeway Park, since 1976. Board directors National Park and Recreation Association, 1979-1982. Trustee Lewis and Clark University, 1988-1994.
President Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, Inc., since 1991. Trustee Henry M. Jackson Foundation, since 1992. First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (house delegations 1978-1982, past chairman urban, state and local government law section), National Association Bond Lawyers (committee standards of practice), Washington Bar Association, Seattle Bar Association (President's award1993), District of Columbia Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Academy Public Administration, Council on Foreign Rels., Municipal League Seattle and King County (past president), Order of Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, American Institute of Architects (honorary), Order of Coif (honorary), Phi Delta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Rainier Club (Seattle).
Married Mary Lou Earling, November 18, 1944 (deceased). Children: Robert Lee, Judith Ann (deceased), Lynn Earling, Steven Reed.