Background
Friese, Robert Charles was born on April 29, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Earl Matthew and Laura Barbara (Mayer) Friese.
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Robert Charles Friese
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Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts. Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1970). Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany.
Attorney, United States.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1971-1975.
Career
Director, Tutor Applied Linguistics Center, Geneva, 1964-1966; attorney, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, 1970-1971; attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, San Francisco, 1971-1975; partner, Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg, San Francisco, since 1975. President, board directors Custom Diversification Fund Management, Inc., since 1993. Director-co-founder International Plant Research Institute, Inc., San Carlos, California, 1978-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board supervisors Task Force on Noise Control, 1972-1978. Chairman San Franciscans for Cleaner City, 1977. Executive director Nob Hill Neighbors, 1972-1981.
Board directors Nob Hill Association, 1976-1978, Palace Fine Arts, 1992-1994, San Francisco Beautiful, since 1986, president, 1988-2000, chairman since 2008. Chairman Citizens Advisory Committee for Embarcadero Project, 1991-1998. Member major gifts committee Stanford University.
Board directors Presidio Heights Neighborhood Association, since 1993, president, 1996-1998. Board directors Institute of Range and the American Mustang, since 1990, Worldwatch Institute, 2005, chairman nominating committee, 2006, vice-chairman since 2008, board director, since 2008. Member American Bar Association (co-chairman, secretary enforcement subcommittee, litigation section, since 2005), Association Business Trial Lawyers (board directors), California Bar Association, Bar Association San Francisco (board directors 1982-1985, chairman business litigation committee 1978-1979, chairman state court civil litigation committee 1983-1990, new courthouse committee 1993-1995), Association Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni (board directors since 1995, president 2005-2007), Lawyers Club of San Francisco, Mensa, California History Society, Commonwealth Club, Swiss-American Friendship League (chairman 1971-1979).
Connections
Married Chandra Ullom. Children: Matthew Robert, Mark Earl, Laura Moore.
