Background
Hammett, Philip Marriner was born on December 21, 1920 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Louis Plack and Janet Thorpe (Marriner) Hammett.
Hammett, Philip Marriner was born on December 21, 1920 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Louis Plack and Janet Thorpe (Marriner) Hammett.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1942. Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1948.
Associate Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, 1948-1952. Assistant city solicitor City of Philadelphia, 1953-1956. Associate Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, 1958-1961, partner, 1961-1998.
Served with United States Marine Corps, World World War II. PTO; lieutenant colonel Reserve (retired). Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association Clubs: Racquet, Harvard (Philadelphia).
Married Mary Jane Dowd Palmer, May 1, 1982. Children by previous marriages– Theodore M., Marguerite Hammett Lacoe, Janet Hammett Pratt, Ann W.