Background
Austin, John Page was born on May 26, 1914 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Chellis Asahel and Edna Louise (Page) Austin.
Austin, John Page was born on May 26, 1914 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Chellis Asahel and Edna Louise (Page) Austin.
Phillips Academy, 1932. Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, 1936). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1939).
Visiting Lecturer, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1958-1964.
Member, Board of Governors, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1956 and 1957, Section Chairman, 1971-1972. Advisory, 1985-1988, Chairman of Committees on: Banking, 1964-1965, Professional Liability Insurance, 1966-1967, Corporate Laws, 1975-1979 and Budget Officer, 1982-1985, Section on Business Law, American Bar Association.
Former Pro Tem Municipal Court Judge. Former Member, Legal Advisory Committee, New York Stock Exchange.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association and the Federal District Court, Northern District of California.
Associate Milbank, Tweed & Hope, New York City, 1939-1942. Associate Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, 1946-1951, partner, 1951-1979, senior counsel, from 1979. Former pro tempore municipal court judge.
Visiting lecturer law University California, Boalt Hall School Law, Berkeley. Arbitrator commercial panel American Arbitration Association, United States District Court Panel. Former member legal advisory committee New York Stock Exchange.
Special master federal court litigations.
Past advisory trustee Alta Bates Hosp. Trustee United Bay Area Crusade, trustee College Preparatory School, Guardian Foundation Inc. Board directors Golden Gate Neighborhood Centers, Inc., University California-Berkeley Young Men’s Christian Association.
President board directors National Federation Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. Chairman Berkeley Personnel Board. Trustee Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, Athenian School.
President Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Board directors Multiple Sclerosis Institute, Bay Area Social Planning Council. Chairman administrative budget committee San Francisco United Community Fund.
Chairman group work and recreation budget study committee San Francisco Community Chest. Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation (budget officer 1983-1985).
Member American Bar Association (honorary member council and committee on corporation laws, business law section, former section chairman), Bar Association San Francisco (past board directors, past chairman committee on corporations), American Law Institute Clubs: Berkeley Tennis, Claremont Country, Pacific Union, Commonwealth, Harvard of New York City.
Married Josephine Winmill, 1942 (deceased 1965). Children: Judith Austin Page, Kathryn W., Chellis R., Jeffrey D. Married Joan Garraty, 1966 (divorced 1972).
Married Betty Grant Lathrop, August 22, 1972.