John Dayton Hamilton

Background

Hamilton, John Dayton was born on June 11, 1934 in Canandaigua, New York, United States. Son of John Dayton and Faith (Mooney) Hamilton.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Princeton University, 1955; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1960.

Career

Associate, Hale and Dorr, Boston, 1960-1964; partner, Hale and Dorr, Boston, since 1964; department chairman real estate, Hale and Dorr, Boston, 1976-1984, 98-; managing partner, Hale and Dorr, Boston, since 1984; treasurer, director, Massachusetts biomedical Research Corporation, since 1994.

Achievements

• Bar: Massachusetts 1960.

Membership

General counsel, trustee Museum Science, Boston, since 1976. Member Board Appeals, Concord, Massachusetts, 1976-1978. Trustee Beth Israel Hospital, 1989-1996, Beth IsraelDeaconess Medical Center, 1996-1998.

Vice chairman Boston Advisory Board City Year, Inc., since 1995. Member of advisory county Society Preservation of New England Antiquities, since 1995. Fellow American Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association, American College Real Estate Lawyers, Mass.Conveyancers Association, Boston Bar Association (chairman real estate section 1976-1980, chairman Boston Law Firm Group since 1999), Concord Country Club., Chappaquoit Yacht Club.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, golf, sailing.

Connections

Married Martha Downey. Children: Linda S., John Dayton III.

Father:

John Dayton Hamilton

Mother:

Faith (Mooney) Hamilton

Spouse:

Martha Downey

child:

John Dayton III Hamilton

child:

Linda S. Hamilton