Background
Rodey, Pearce Coddington was born on November 8, 1889 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Son of Bernard Shandon and Minnie (Coddington) Rodey.
Rodey, Pearce Coddington was born on November 8, 1889 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Son of Bernard Shandon and Minnie (Coddington) Rodey.
Preparatory education, Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy, 1903-1907. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1912, Bachelor of Laws, 1915.
March 1932); children—Sheila (Faust), Lon McMillen (deceased). Married second, Maria-Elise Johnson, December 19, 1934 (deceased January 1955). Admitted New Mexico bar, 1915, began practice at Albuquerque.
Member Rodey & Rodey, 1915-1927, Rodey & Dailey, 1927-1934, Rodey & Dickason, 1934-1941, Rodey, Dickason & Sloan, since 1941.
Senior partner Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, since 1941. Senior partner Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Mins & Akin, since 1951.
Attorney Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, 1925-1936. Associate counsel for New Mexico Rio Grande Compact.
Of counsel for New Mexico Conference of Upper Basin States for division of waters of Colorado River.
State representative to National Conference on Uniform Aeronautical. Regulatory Laws, 1930. Delegate Comparative Law Conference The Hague, 1937.
Republican nominee for Congress, 1938.
Counsel First National Bank. Vice-president, director Occidental Life Insurance Company, Raleigh, North Carolina, director Peninsular Life Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Florida Delaware International Bar Association, 1954.
Confrere Comparative Law, Paris, 1954. Lieutenant United States Navy Reserve.
Member Rodey & Rodey, 1915-1927, Rodey & Dailey, 1927-1934, Rodey & Dickason, 1934-1941, Rodey, Dickason & Sloan, since 1941. Member American, New Mexico State and Bernalillo County, New York County bar associations, American Legion, Sigma Chirurgical Mason (32°, Shriner).
Clubs: Kiwanis (ex-president), Country (Albuquerque).
Married Dorothy McMillen, July 1, 1918 (deceased. Married second, Maria-Elise Johnson, December 19, 1934 (deceased. Children: Sheila (Faust), Lon McMillen (deceased).