Background
Bassett, John Walden was born on March 21, 1938 in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. Son of John Walden Senior and Evelyn (Thompson) Bassett.
Bassett, John Walden was born on March 21, 1938 in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. Son of John Walden Senior and Evelyn (Thompson) Bassett.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, 1964). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1963-1964. White House Fellow, 1966-1967. Member, New Mexico Board of Education, since 1987.
Associate Atwood & Malone, Roswell, 1964-1966. White House fellow, special assistant to the United States Attorney General, Washington, 1966-1967. Partner Atwood, Malone, Mann & Turner and predecessors, Roswell, 1967-1995, Bassett & Copple, LLP, Roswell, since 1995.
Board director AMMA Foundation, Washington.
Associate editor University Texas Law Review, 1962.
Member New Mexico State Board Education, 1987-1991. President, chairman board United Way of Chaves County, New Mexico, 1973. President Roswell Museum Foundation, 2004-2007.
1st lieutenant United States Army, 1961-1968. Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, New Mexico Bar Association, Chaves County Bar Association, Order of Coif, Rotary (president 1976), New Mexico Amigos, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Patricia Lubben, May 22, 1965 (deceased April 1995). Children: John Walden III, Loren Patricia. Married Nolana Knight, May 2, 1998.