Laurence Paul Corbett

Background

Corbett, Laurence Paul was born on October 7, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laurence A. and Helena (Foley) Corbett.

Education

AB, Harvard College, 1943. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1948.

Career

Assistant industrial relations director Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, Stamford, Connecticut, 1948-1950. Staff counsel East Bay Employers Council, Oakland, California, 1952-1954. Private practice, 1952-1954.

Partner St. Sure, Moore & Corbett, 1954-1966. Senior partner Corbett & Kane, San Francisco and Oakland, 1966-1990. Private practice as arbitrator Oakland, from 1990.

Adjunct professor University California Hastings Law School, San Francisco, from 1990. Adjunct professor health labor relations Golden Gate University, 1975-1988.

Achievements

• Bar: Connecticut 1950, California 1952, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1989.

Works

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• book

  • Present-day labor relations;: A critical examination of methods of collective negotiation between employers and employees,

• Other Work

  • Author: Labor Law in Health Care, 1985, Labor Negotiations, 1990. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member Board, advisory council American Cancer Society, California Division, Oakland, since 1960. Member board, past president American Cancer Society, Alameda Unit, since 1954. Member board, past president, advisory committee Oakland Junior Center Art & Science, 1956-1965, since 1991.

Board directors Oakland East Bay Symphony 1990. Member Republican Congressional Advisory Committee, Washington, 1989. Member American Bar Association (past co-chair labor law development committee), Industrial Relations Research Association (past chair San Francisco) State Bar California (labor counsel), Bar Association San Francisco (past chair labor section), Commonwealth Club (San Francisco), Lakeview Club (Oakland).

Interests

• Tennis, jogging, swimming, travel.

Connections

Married Rosalie Allen Taylor, May 31, 1947 (div. October 1966); children: Constance Corbett Vandengerg, Laurence Taylor. Married Marjory Sager Murray, June 20, 1987.

Father:

Laurence A. Corbett

Mother:

Helena (Foley) Corbett

Spouse:

Rosalie Allen Taylor

Spouse:

Marjory Sager Murray

child:

Constance Corbett Vandengerg Corbett

child:

Laurence Taylor Corbett