Background
Rowe, Peter Wentworth was born on April 19, 1935 in Newark. Son of William and Eleanore (Richart) Rowe.
Rowe, Peter Wentworth was born on April 19, 1935 in Newark. Son of William and Eleanore (Richart) Rowe.
College of William & Mary (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Laws, 1961). Law Clerk, United States District Judge Waller E. Hoffman, Eastern District of Virginia, 1961-1962.
President, Board of Trustees, Tidewater Legal Aid Society, 1973-1975. Chairman, Lower James River/Hampton Roads Basin Committee, 1985-1988. Associate Commissioner, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 1989-1992.
Law clerk to honorary judge Hoffman United States District Court (eastern district) Virginia, Norfolk, 1961-1962. Associate Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, 1962-1965. Partner Cowper & Rowe, 1965-1966.
Private practice, 1966-1969. Associate Stackhouse, Weinberg & Stewart, 1969-1971, partner, 1971-1973, Stackhouse, Weinberg & Rowe, Norfolk, 1973-1978, Stackhouse, Rowe & Smith, Norfolk, from 1978. Chairman board Tidewater Legal Aid, Norfolk, 1974-1975.
Director land programs Virginia Coast Reserve of Nature Conservancy, Nassawadox, since 1963. Member, chairman advisory committee School of Forestry, Virginia Polytech. Institute & State University, Blacksburg, 1976-1988.
President Virginia Wildlife Federation, Virginia Beach, 1975-1977. Assistant commissioner Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Newport News, since 1989. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association (chairman 4th district disciplinary committee 1976-1977, executive committee 1992, 93), Virginia State Bar (chairman conference local bar associations 1992-1993), Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association (chairman young lawyers division, president 1990-1991), Virginia Association Defense Attorneys, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Society of America Foresters (accreditation committee 1979-1988), Chesapeake Bar Association, Defense Research Institute.
Outdoor recreation, fishing, canoeing, art, photography.
Married Ann Sutton, August 10, 1966. Children: Virginia, Carl, Scott, William.