Background
Busterud, John Armand was born on March 7, 1921 in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. Son of Herbert Armand and Mary (Kruse) Busterud.
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John Armand Busterud
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John Armand Busterud, American Environmental
lawyer, environmental consultant. Decorated Bronze Star. Member California State Assembly, 1957-1962, California Constitutional Revision Commission, 1965-1977; Served lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1943-1946.; Fellow American Academy Political Science; member American Bar Association, Bohemian.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Economics with honors, University Oregon, 1943. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1949.
Career
Bar: California 1950, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1950, United States District Court (northern district) California 1950, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1969, District of Columbia 1977, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1977. Association, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, 1949-1953. Of counsel John West. Broad, San Francisco, 1953-1957.
Partner Broad, Busterud & Khourie, San Francisco, 1957-1970, Busterud, Draper & Adams, San Francisco, 1970-1971.
Senior counselor Ecology & Environment, Incorporated., San Francisco, 1981-1995. Instructor Duke U. School Forestry.
Special counsel on constitutional revision California State Assembly, 1963-1964. Member Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of President, 1972-1977, chairman, 1976-1977.
Deputy assistant secretary of defense, 1971-1972.
Member International Council Environmental Law, 1978-1981. Adjunct Professor Hastings College Law.
Achievements
Membership
President Headlands Inc., 1969—1971, RESOLVE Center Environmental Conflict Resolution, 1978—1981. Delegate United Nations Law Sea Conference, 1973—1976. Chairman, legal project United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Environmental Agreement, 1973—1977.
Member of American Bar Association, Cosmos Club, Chevy Chase Club, Commonwealth Club California (past president), Bohemian Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Anne Witwer, April 18, 1953. Children: John, James, Mary.
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Nationality
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Religion
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Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Decorated Bronze Star. Recipient Benjamin N. Cardozo prize, Yale Law School, 1947, Meritorious Service award, Department Defense, 1972. Research grant, International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 1977.Decorated Bronze Star. Recipient Benjamin N. Cardozo prize, Yale Law School, 1947, Meritorious Service award, Department Defense, 1972. Research grant, International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 1977.