Morton Barrows Jackson

Background

Jackson, Morton Barrows was born on July 17, 1921 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Anson Blake and Marjorie Barrows (Hill) Jackson.

Education

Student, Harvard University, 1938—1940. Juris Doctor, University Southern California, 1948.

Career

Bar: California 1949. Association Bledsoe, Cathcart, Boyd, Eliot & Curfman, and predecessors, San Francisco, 1948-1951. Associate Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Los Angeles, 1959-1964, partner, 1964-1968.

Partner Jackson & Goodstein, Los Angeles, 1968-1977. Partner Macdonald, Halsted & Laybourne, Los Angeles, 1978-1988, Baker & McKenzie, 1988. Vice president Intercontinental Engineering Corporation, Bangkok, Thailand, 1951-1954.

Executive assistant to director Intergovtl. Committee for European Migration, Geneva, Switzerland, 1954-1958. Regional commissioner Immigration and Naturalization Service, unites states department Justice, Richmond, Virginia, 1958-1959.

Political editor, news commentator radio station KMPC, Los Angeles, 1960-1978. Host public affairs program television station KTLA, Los Angeles, 1966-1968. Board editors University of Southern California Law Review, 1947-1948.

Board of directors, counsel American Youth Symphony. Founding member board directors Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, 1968-1986, president, 1977-1979. Board directors Los Angeles Master Chorale, 1978-1988, Oregon Bach Festival, 1981-1988.

Board directors, chairman Thomas Jefferson Research Center, 1974-1986. Executive secretary Western Region Assistance Fund of Metropolitan Opera National Council, 1975-1987. Trustee Reason Foundation, 1968.

Membership

Counsel American Youth Symphony. Founding member board directors Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, 1968—1986, president, 1977—1979. Board directors Los Angeles Master Chorale, 1978—1988.

Counsel Oregon Bach Festival, 1981—1988. Trustee Reason Foundation, since 1968. Board directors, chairman Thomas Jefferson Research Center, 1974—1986.

Executive secretary Western Region Assistance Fund of Metropolitan Opera National Council, 1975—1987. Member of American Bar Association (Silver Gavel awards 1964-1966), University Southern California Alumni Association, Town Hall, Los Angeles World Affairs Council, State Bar California, Association Business Trial Lawyers, Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Athletic Club, Phi Delta Phi, Order of Coif.

Connections

Married Nancy Abrams, November 11, 1948 (divorced 1956).; married Nancy Cooke Veitch de Herrera, May 5, 1962 (divorced 1975).; married Rosemarie Donner, September 2, 1989.Student Harvard University, 1938-1940.

Children: Elizabeth Finch, Margaret Barrows Jackson McKay.

Father:

Anson Blake Jackson

Mother:

Marjorie Barrows (Hill) Jackson

Spouse:

Nancy Abrams

Spouse:

Nancy Cooke Veitch de Herrera

Spouse:

Rosemarie Donner

child:

Elizabeth Finch Jackson

child:

Margaret Barrows Jackson McKay Jackson