Background
Usher, Harry Lester was born on March 6, 1939 in Jersey City. Son of Alfred Lester and Dorothy Elisabeth (Pascoe) University.
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Usher, Harry Lester was born on March 6, 1939 in Jersey City. Son of Alfred Lester and Dorothy Elisabeth (Pascoe) University.
AB, Brown University, 1961. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1964.
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, 1964-1968; partner, Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Los Angeles, 1968-1973; partner, Litz & Usher, Beverly Hills, California, 1974-1979; executive vice president, general manager, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Los Angeles, 1980-1985; commissioner, United States Football League, New York City, 1985-1987; senior vice president, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Los Angeles, 1987-1989; managing director, Russell Reynolds Associations, Los Angeles, since 1989. President Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1975-1976.
Commissioner Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission, 1990. President Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, since 1989. Chairman United States Olympic Festival, Los Angeles, since 1987.
Co-chairman Los Angeles Amateur Athletic Foundation, since 1984. Trustee Brown University, since 1987. Board directors Bella Lewitsky Foundation, 1987-1990, Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1987-1990.
Western regional chairman Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, 1985-1986. Member California Club, City Club of Bunker Hill, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jo Ann User, June 17, 1961 (divorced January 1990). Children: Lindsay, Timothy, Jennifer, Katie. Married Jane L. Ellison, February 17, 1990.
1 child, Samuel Tobias.