John T. Knox

Background

Knox, John T. was born on September 30, 1924 in Reno, Nevada, United States. Son of Ernest Botte and Jean Bolarne (Monat) Knox.

Education

University of California at Los Angeles and Occidental College (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Hastings College of the Law (Juris Doctor, 1952).

Career

Worked at Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Legislative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1953, California. Member, 1960-1980 and Speaker Pro Tempore, 1976-1980, California Assembly, State Legislature.

Author: "Knox-Nisbet Acting," 1963.

"District Reorganization Acting," 1965. "Corporate Securities Acting," 1968.

Legislation establishing the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, 1969. "California Environmental Quality Acting," 1970.

"Franchise Investment Law," 1970.

"General Corporations Law," 1975. "Knox-Keene Health Plan Acting," 1975. "Municipal Organization Acting," 1977.

"Nonprofit Corporations Law," 1978.

Chairman: Assembly Local Government Committee, 1962-1976. Member, Board of Trustees: Occidental College, 1971-1976 and 1979—.

Hastings College of the Law, 1981—. Member: State Bar of California.

Fellow, American Bar Foundation.

Achievements

• John T. Knox has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Board directors California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, San Francisco, since 1982, also chairman. President California Foundation for Environmental and Economics, San Francisco, since 1987. Sergeant United States Air Force, 1943-1945.

Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association, Contra Costa Bar Association, Masons, French Club.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, walking, theatre.

Connections

Married Margaret Jean Henderson, December 27, 1949. Children: John, Charlotte, Mary.

Father:

Ernest Botte Knox

Mother:

Jean Bolarne (Monat) Knox

Spouse:

Margaret Jean Henderson

child:

John Knox

child:

Charlotte Knox

child:

Mary Knox