Background
Creighton, Joseph Riggs was born on January 5, 1920 in Canton, Peoples Republic of China. (parents American citzens). Son of John W. and Lois (Jameston) Creighton.
lawyer electronics company executive
Creighton, Joseph Riggs was born on January 5, 1920 in Canton, Peoples Republic of China. (parents American citzens). Son of John W. and Lois (Jameston) Creighton.
AB, Oberlin College, 1941. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1947.
Associate law firm, San Francisco, 1948-1951. Practiced Oakland, California, 1951-1955. Attorney General Electric Company, Plainville, Connecticut, 1955-1957, Chicago, 1957-1959.
Division counsel Raytheon Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1959-1964, assistant general counsel, 1964-1967. General counsel Harris Corporation, Cleveland, 1968-1978, vice president, 1975-1978, Melbourne, Florida, 1978-1985, senior legal adviser, since 1985. Chairman law council Machinery and Allied Products Institute, 1981-1984.
Chairman law committee Semiconductor Industry Association, since 1984.
Chairman Orinda Planning Committee, California, 1953-1954. President Young Republicans California, 1954. Chairman Republican Central Committee, Contra Costa County, California, 1954-1955.
Member Republican State Central Committee California, 1955. Served to captain Quartermaster corpus, United States army, 1942-1946. Member International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar (chairman Corporate Counsel committee 1973-1974), California Bar Association, III. Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Florida Bar Association.
Married Margaret Tyler Hitchner, 1942 (divorced 1969). Children– Howard, Jonathan, Richard. Married Claire Lorraine Poirier, September 5, 1969.