Background
Willett, Robert Suthers was born on July 17, 1926 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Vernon Perry and Esther Cordelia (Suthers) Willett.
Willett, Robert Suthers was born on July 17, 1926 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Vernon Perry and Esther Cordelia (Suthers) Willett.
Sacramento Junior College (Associate of Arts, with great distinction, 1948). University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Science, 1950): McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Juris Doctor, 1961). Instructor, Commercial Law, Sacramento City Unified School District, 1969-1973.
Supervising Deputy County Counsel, Zoning, Land Use and Environmental Law Matters, Sacramento County, 1964-1981. Member, California State Bar Committee on Environment, 1981-1983.
Partner Willett & Wilson, Sacramento, 1962-1963. Associate counsel State of California, 1963-1964. Legislation representative County of Sacramento, 1973-1975, deputy county counsel, 1963-1964, assistant county counsel.
House counsel Sacramento Regional Area Planning Commission, 1968-1975. Associate Hefner Stark & Marois, Sacramento, 1983-1985, partner, since 1985.
Metropolitan board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Sacramento, 1971. Amateur Athletic Union official. Sergeant United States Army Air Corps, 1945, 47.
Member California Bar Association (committee 1981-1984, conference delegations 1991), Sacramento County Bar Association (counsel 1983-1989), Sacramento Chamber of Commerce (chairman land use committee 1969-1972), Sacramento International Track and Field Association (counsel), Sacramento Zoological Society (board directors 1992, president 1994), Supervisor's Association (chairman county land use committee 1969-1972), Building Industries Association (land use committee), Arden Hills Country Club.
Married Helen Margaret Holmes, September 24, 1955. Children: Robert Junior, Richard Mory, Gregory Holmes, Margaret Susan.