Background
Salter, Lester Herbert was born on April 26, 1918 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Nathan M. and Eva G. (Levy) Salter.
Salter, Lester Herbert was born on April 26, 1918 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Nathan M. and Eva G. (Levy) Salter.
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science, 1940). University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Laws, 1948).
Worked at Salter McGowan Swartz & Sylvia Incorporated (Providence, Rhode Island) specializing in Estate Planning, Business Planning Law, Probate Practice, Federal and State Tax Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Rhode Island. Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1947-1948.
Lecturer on Federal Tax Procedure, Northeastern University, 1955-1956.
Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1949-1953. Associate Editor, Rhode Island Bar Journal, 1961-1968.
Member, 1971-1987. Chairman, 1972-1977, Advisory Planning Committee, University of Rhode Island Federal Taxation Institute.
Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-1981. Member, Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Judicial Appointments, 1978-1981.
Member: Rhode Island (Internal Revenue Service Liaison Representative, 1964-1974. Member, House of Delegates, 1970-1973, 1977.
Member, Executive Committee, 1971-1973, 1977-1988.
President, 1986-1987), New England (Vice-President, 1995-1996. President, 1996) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1987) Bar Associations. American Law Institute.
Fellow, Rhode Island and American Bar Foundations.
Member, 1971-1987; Chairman, 1972-1977, Advisory Planning Committee, University of Rhode Island Federal Taxation Institute. Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-1981. Member, Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Judicial Appointments, 1978-1981.
Member: Rhode Island (Internal Revenue Service Liaison Representative, 1964-1974.
Member, House of Delegates, 1970-1973, 1977. Member, Executive Committee, 1971-1973, 1977-1988.
President, 1986-1987), New England (Vice-President, 1995-1996. President, 1996) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1987) Bar Associations.
American Law Institute.
Fellow, Rhode Island and American Bar Foundations. Fellow, Rhode Island and American Bar Foundations.
Married Nina P. Scheftel, September 15, 1951. 1 child, Ellen Lee.