Background
Schell, Orville Hickok was born on July 11, 1908 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Orville Hickok and Marea (Martin) Schell.
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Orville Hickok Schell
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Graduate, Lawrenceville School, 1926; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1930; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1933.
Career
Association, Hughes, Schurman & Dwight, 1933-1937;
Association, Hughes, Richards, Hubbard & Ewing, 1937-1940;
Association, Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, 1941-1942;
partner, Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, 1942-1987;
with, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed. Secretary, assistant-treasurer, director J. Stirling Getchell, Inc. (advertising agency), 1940-1941.
Executive compensation committee, director Merck & Company, Inc. Director W. O. Hickok Manufacturing Company. Chief counsel bureau ordnance Navy Department, 1945-1946.
Chairman New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, 1977-1987. United States delegate Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Madrid, 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Regional Plan assosiation, New York, 1955-1964, New York Urban Coalition, 1974-1987, Council on Public Interest Law, 1974-1987, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Def.and Ednl. Fund, 1975-1987; chairman New York City Ballet, 1975-1987. Board directors New York City Center Music and Drama, 1980-1987, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts.
President, board directors Union Settlement Association, 1971-1973. Chairman New York State Moreland Commission, 1975-1987. Co-chairman joint committee for study New York State narcotics laws of Association Bar City New York and Drug Abuse Council.
Co-chairman Committee for Public Justice, 1977-1987. Member committee character and fitness appellate division 1st Department New York State Supreme Court. Member Zoning Board, Town of Redding (Connecticut), 1979.
Trustee, vice chairman Vassar College, 1963-1973. Trustee Town School, New York City, 1977-1987, South St. Seaport Museum, 1977-1987. Board directors, vice chairman United States Citizens Helsinki Watch, 1978-1987.
Chairman America's Watch. Served as Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Member American Bar Association, Association Bar City New York (president 1972-1974), New York State Bar Association.
Connections
Married Marjorie Elizabeth Bertha, June 29, 1935 (divorced 1970). Children— Suzanne Elizabeth (Mistress John Pearce), Orville Hickok III, Jonathan Edward. Married Elinor SterlingJohnson, June 20, 1970.
Children— Christopher Sterling, Andrew John, Peter O.H.
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Nationality
American