Background
Neel, Samuel Ellison was born on February 22, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Ellison Adger and Serena (Smith) Neel.
Neel, Samuel Ellison was born on February 22, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Ellison Adger and Serena (Smith) Neel.
Westminster College (Bachelor of Arts, 1935). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1938). Special Assistant to the Attorney General, United States.
Department of Justice, 1938-1940. Senior Attorney, War Production Board, 1940-1942. General Counsel, 1965-1974 and Executive Vice President, 1946-1974, Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
Special assistant to attorney general anti-trust division United States Department Justice, Washington, 1938-1940, representative State-War Department Mission on Japanese Combines, 1946. Legal staff advisory commission Council National Defense, Office of Personnel Management, War Production Board, 1940-1942. Private practice Washington and McLean, Virginia, 1946-1993.
Board directors emeritus Rouse Company. Vice president, director Image Hunter Publication Company, 1997-1999.
Member Federal City Council, Washington, 1954-1958. President McLean Citizens Association, 1953-1954, Public Utilities Commission, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1956-1957, The Squam Lakes Association, New Hampshire, 1987-1989. Chairman Fairfax County Water Authority, 1957-1963, Fairfax County Housing Authority, 1970-1972.
Member advisory committee mortgage finance Federal Housing Administration, 1956-1966. President Neel Foundation. Trustee Westminster College Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Staff Commander air forces Pacific Fleet. Member Mortgage Bankers Association American (executive vice president 1965-1966, general counsel 1946-1974), Society Cincinnati, Beta Theta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Lawyers (Washington), Metropolitan (Washington).
New York Yacht.
Married Mary Wilson, October 11, 1941. Children: James Adger, Amy Bowen, Wilson (deceased 1947), Wendy Busselle, Mary Ellison, Sophia Talbot.