Background
Geniesse, Robert John was born on September 16, 1929 in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Arthur John and Rhoda (Miller) Geniesse.
Geniesse, Robert John was born on September 16, 1929 in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Arthur John and Rhoda (Miller) Geniesse.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Williams College, 1951. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1957.
Worked at Debevoise & Plimpton (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1958, New York 1982, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1955-1957.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1962-1963.
Chief Appellate Attorney, 1963-1964. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
The District of Columbia Bar.
New York State and American (Company-chairman, Securities Litigation Committee, Litigation Section, 1980-1983) Bar Associations. American Law Institute. (Washington, District of Columbia Office).
Debevoise & Plimpton a preeminent international law firm, was founded in 1931 and today has over 370 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington, District of Columbia, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Budapest.
Board directors Legal Action Center, New York, 1973-1978, Environmental Defense Fund, 1974-1982. Trustee Williams College, 1974-1987. Trustee World Monuments Fund, since 1993, secretary, general counsel, since 1995.
Trustee National Building Museum, 1994-1900. Trustee Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1974-1901, president, 1987-1998. Trustee Ringling Museum Art, Sarasota, Florida, 2001-2009, trustee Johann Fust Community Library., since 2008.
1st lieutenant Infantry United States Army, 1952-1954. Member New York State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Society Alumni of Williams College (president 1973-1974), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jane Elizabeth Fletcher, June 10, 1961. Children: Julia Forrest, Thomas Guy.