Background
Grefe, Rolland Eugene was born on June 27, 1920 in Ida County, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred William and Zoma Corrine (Lasher) Grefe.
Grefe, Rolland Eugene was born on June 27, 1920 in Ida County, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred William and Zoma Corrine (Lasher) Grefe.
Momingside College (Bachelor of Arts, 1941). University of Iowa (Juris Doctor, 1946). Member, 1966-1976 and President, 1968-1976, Board of Directors, Des Moines Area Community College.
Member, City of Des Moines, Board of Waterworks Trustees, since 1984.
Worked at Grefe & Sidney, The Property Letting Centre (Des Moines, Iowa) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Appellate Practice, Product Liability, Insurance, Negligence, Environmental, Toxic Torts, Professional Liability, Employment, Discrimination, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning, Corporate Practice and Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1946, Iowa.
Member, 1966-1976 and President, 1968-1976, Board of Directors, Des Moines Area Community College.
Member, City of Des Moines, Board of Waterworks Trustees, 1984. Member: Polk County (President, 1971-1972), Iowa State (Chairman, Committee on Taxation, 1955-1957.
Member: Grievance Commission, 1971-1972. Board of Governors, 1972-1976.
Vice President, 1976-1977.
President Elect, 1977-1978. President, 1978-1979. Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, 1979-1981.
Recipient, Award of Merit, 1982) and American (Member: House of Delegates, 1982.
Iowa State Delegate, 1992-1993. Board of Governors, 1993) Bar Associations.
American Judicature Society. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Iowa State Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1991). Grefe & Sidney has established itself as a litigation firm in both defense and plaintiff"s matters, as well as offering a business, corporate and tax division having a broad range of experience.
Board directors Des Moines Area Community College, 1966-1976, president, 1967-1976. Board directors Westminster Presbyterian Church Foundation, 1975-1989, Iowa State Bar Foundation, 1979-1991. Trustee Des Moines Water Works, 1984-1999, president, 1987, 91, 96.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1982-1996, Iowa state delegate 1992-1993, board governors 1993-1996, standing committee on technical and information systems 1998-2001, senior lawyers division chair internet and technical committee 2000-2002), Association Endowment Foundation College (member pension plan administration committee 1994-2000), Polk County Bar Association (president 1971-1972), Iowa State Bar Association (board governors 1972-1976, president 1978-1979, chairman committee on long-range planning 1979-1981, Award of Merit 1982), Des Moines Estate Planners, Lincoln Inne.
Clubs: Sertoma (Des Moines), Des Moines Embassy (Des Moines), Wakonda (Des Moines).
Married Mary Arlene Cruikshank, June 12, 1943. 1 son, Roger Frederick.