Background
Damon, Mason Orne was born on September 7, 1905 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Orne and Georgia Anna (Mason) Damon.
Damon, Mason Orne was born on September 7, 1905 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Orne and Georgia Anna (Mason) Damon.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1926. Juris Doctor, Harvard, 1929.
Bar: New York bar 1930. Practiced in, Buffalo. Partner firm Damon, Morey, Sawyer & Moot (predecessors), 1940-1979, of counsel, from 1979.
With procurement legal division Department Navy, 1943-1946. General counsel Bureau Ships, 1945-1946. Part-time professor of University Buffalo Law School, 1942-1943.
Secretary Bell Aircraft Corporation, 1957-1960, Bell Aerospace Corporation, 1960-1970. Member of advisory board Western region Bank of New York, from 1976. Director Bank of New York Company, Inc., 1969-1976, Niagara Frontier Bank of New York, 1969-1975.
President board directors Buffalo Public Library, 1949-1954. Trustee Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, 1954-1980, trustee emeritus, from 1980, vice chairman, 1954-1955, chairman, 1956-1957, 66-67. Trustee Park School, Buffalo, 1947-1971, vice president, 1948-1955, president, 1955-1957.
Board directors International Institute Buffalo, 1962-1976, president, 1969-1975.
Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Beta Theta Phi.
Clubs: Buffalo, Midday (president 1954), Saturn.
Married Harriet Louise Provost, June 16, 1930. Children: Mason Orne (deceased), Laura Provost (Mistress G. Thomas Martin).