Background
Hoff, Philip Henderson was born on June 29, 1924 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Olaf and Agnes (Henderson) Hoff.
governor lawyer former state senator
Hoff, Philip Henderson was born on June 29, 1924 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Olaf and Agnes (Henderson) Hoff.
AB, Williams College, 1948. Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Law School, 1951. Degree (honorary), American International College.
Degree (honorary), University Vermont. Degree (honorary), Middlebury College. Degree (honorary), Windham College.
Degree (honorary), Norwich University. Williams College, Vermont Law School.
Associate Black & Wilson, Burlington, Vermont, 1951-1954. Partner Black, Wilson, Coffrin & Hoff, 1955-1962. Member Vermont General Assembly, Montpelier, 1961—1962.
Governor State of Vermont, 1963-1969. Partner Hoff, Wilson, Powell & Lang, Burlington, 1969-1989. Member Vermont Senate, 1984-1990.
Co-founder, of counsel Hoff, Curtis, Pacht, Cassidy, Frame, Somers & Katims, Burlington, since 1989. Member Public Land Law Review Commission, 1965-1971. Chairman United States Civil Rights Committee, Vermont, 1982, New England Natural Resources Committee, Vermont Supreme Court Advisory Committee.
Member standing advisory committee Vermont Supreme Court. Member Commission on Civil Rights. Member Friends of Health Care.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Co-chair, member New England Governor's Conference, 1967-1969. Chairman Vermont Democratic Committee, 1974-1975, advisory committee on Vermont bar admission requirements, Vermont Senate Committee on Education. Trustee Williams College, 1965-1970, Vermont Law School, 1983-1998, president 1990-1995.
Fellow Harvard University, 1971-1972. Member, past chair New England Natural Resources Committee. Board directors Law Conservation Foundation, New England Environmental Policy Center.
Member American Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association, Chittenden County Bar Association, United Service Organization (honorary), Grange, Young Men’s Christian Association.
Married Joan Brower, August 28, 1948. Children: Susan Brower, Dagny Elizabeth, Andrea Clark, Gretchen Henderson.