Background
Thompson, Robert Charles was born on April 20, 1942 in Council, Idaho, United States. Son of Ernest Lavelle and Evangeline Montgomery (Carlson) Thompson.
Thompson, Robert Charles was born on April 20, 1942 in Council, Idaho, United States. Son of Ernest Lavelle and Evangeline Montgomery (Carlson) Thompson.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, 1967). Regional Counsel, United States.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1975-1984.
Associate General Counsel, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, 1980-1982.
Associate, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, 1967-1973; assistant regional counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, 1973-1975; regional counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, 1975-1982; associate general counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, 1979-1982; regional counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, 1982-1984; partner, Graham & James, San Francisco, 1984-1991; partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, San Francisco, since 1992.
Board of directors Peninsula Industrial and Business Association, Palo Alto, California, 1986-1998, chairman Cambridge (Massachusetts) Conservation Commission, 1972-1974. Co-chairman The Clift Confs. on Environmental Law, 1983-1998. Associate member Ban Conservation and Development Commission, since 1998.
Member American Bar Association (natural resources section, commission on native American natural resources law, special commission on marketing), Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Commonwealth Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marilyn Anne Wilcox, January 17, 1960 (deceased March 1962). Married Patricia Joan Price, June 1, 1963 (divorced 1969). Married Jan Nesbitt, June 29, 1973 (deceased May 1998).
Married Shari Lewis, February 7, 1999. Children: Tanya, Christopher, Eric.