Background
Knight, Robert Huntington was born on February 27, 1919 in New Haven. Son of Earl Wall and Frances Pierpont (Whitney) Knight.
Knight, Robert Huntington was born on February 27, 1919 in New Haven. Son of Earl Wall and Frances Pierpont (Whitney) Knight.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1936. Bachelor, Yale, 1940. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1947.
Master of Laws, University Virginia, 1949.
With, John Orr Young, Inc. (advertising agency), 1940-1941;
assistant professor, University of Virginia Law School, 1947-1949;
associate firm, Shearman & Sterling & Wright, New York City, 1949-1955;
partner, Shearman & Sterling & Wright, 1955-1958;
deputy assistant secretary defense for international security affairs, Department Defense, 1958-1961;
general counsel, Treasury Department, 1961-1962;
partner firm, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, 1962-1980;
senior partner, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, 1980-1985;
of counsel, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, since 1986;
deputy chairman, Federal Reserve Bank New York, 1976-1977;
chairman, Federal Reserve Bank New York, 1977-1983. Counsel to board United Technologies Corporation, 1974-1985.
Director international bd.Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, since 1989. Director I-Corps, National Leadership Bank, Mercator, Inc., Citizen Exchange Council. Member Intelsat Arbitration Panel, 1971-1991.
Board of directors International Volunteer Services. Chairman, Board Of Directors University of Virginia Law School Foundation, 1970-1990. Board directors Asia Foundation Served lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945.
Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, International Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, International Law Association, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, Council Foreign Relations, Pilgrims Club, Links Club, World Trade Ctr Club, River Club (New York City), Army and Navy Club, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Round Hill Club (Greenwich, Connecticut), Ocean Club (Ocean Ridge, Florida), Farmington Club (Virginia).
Married Rosemary C. Gibson, April 19, 1975. Children— Robert Huntington, Jessie Valle, Patricia Whitney, Alice Isabel, Eli Whitney.