Background
Gideon, Kenneth Wayne was born on July 25, 1946 in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Son of Melton Jean and Mary B. (Lanham) Gideon.
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Kenneth Wayne Gideon
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Bachelor, Harvard University, 1968; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1971.
Career
Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, 1971-1978; partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, 1978-1981; partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, 1983-1986; chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, 1981-1983; partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, 1986-1989, 92-93; assistant secretary tax policy, Department Treasury, Washington, 1989-1992; partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member Spring Valley (Texas) City Council, 1978-1979. Captain United States Army, 1971-1972. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Tax Counsel (regent since 1999).
Member American Bar Association(vice chair government relations 1995-1997, member county 1987-1989, section taxation), American Law Institute, Organisation Economics Cooperation and Development (Paris, vice Chairman of Commission on fiscal affairs 1990-1992).
Connections
Married Carol Almack, June 2, 1968. Children— Christopher Lynn, Kevin Almack, Timothy Charles, Emily Susan.
