Background
Farmer,, Sam was born on June 3, 1925 in Walla Walla. Son of Samuel True and Maude F. (Jolley) Maxine.
Farmer,, Sam was born on June 3, 1925 in Walla Walla. Son of Samuel True and Maude F. (Jolley) Maxine.
Whitman College (Bachelor of Arts). Stanford University (Juris Doctor).
Attorney Atomic Energy Commission, 1950—1954. Counsel electric boat division General dynamics corporation, Groton, Connecticut, 1954—1956, vice president, counsel general atomic division, 1956—1967. Vice president, counsel Gulf General Atomic, 1967—1968.
Partner Haskins, Farmer, Lewis, Nugent & Dale, 1968, La Jolla, 1968. Director legal and contracts, general counsel Pacific Northwest Division Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington, from 1969. Overseer, member executive committee Whitman College.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Board visitors Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Trustee Educational Foundation American Association Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Mid-Columbia Symphony Society, Virginia Mason Research Foundation. Member of American Bar Association (research and development subcommittee public contract law secretary), Benton Franklin Counties Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association, Washington Bar Association, California Bar Association.
Married Martha Aral O'Dell, June 10, 1947. Children: Jane, Patricia, Samuel, Shannon M.