Background
Porter, Samuel Hamilton was born on July 5, 1927 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of W. Glover and Anne (Searight) Porter.
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Samuel Hamilton PORTER
Samuel Hamilton Porter, American lawyer. Bar: Ohio 1953, United States District Court (southern district) Ohio 1955, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1978, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1978, Colorado 1993, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio 1993, United States District Court Colorado 1993.
Education
Amherst College (A.B, 1950). The Ohio State University (Juris Doctor, 1952). Member, 1983— and Chairman, since 1988, Board of Mt.
Carmel Health. Chairman, Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, since 1989.
Career
Working as a partner of PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR. Admitted to the bar, 1953, Ohio. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.
Membership
Board trustees Columbus Metropolitan Library., since 1991, Mount Carmel Health, 1982-1992, chairman board trustees, 1988-1992. Trustee Players Theatre, Columbus, 1989-1993. Trustee Medical Center Hospital, Chillicothe, Ohio, since 1990.
Board trustees The Homeless Families Foundation, since 1986, Gladden Community Council, 1970-1974. Board trustees Columbus School for Girls, 1962-1969, president, 1968-1969. Trustee United Community Council, 1970-1974, president, 1973-1974.
Executive committee United Way, 1974. Trustee Ohio Foundation Legal Assistance, since 1994. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association (council, chairman administrative law committee public utilities section, dispute resolution section, chairman committee private judging), Ohio State Bar Association (public utilities committee, chairman 1984-1985, council delegations 1975-1979), Colorado Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association (board governors 1973-1976, energy committee), 6th Circuit Judicial Conference (life), Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management (commissioner since 1989, chairman 1989-1993), Columbus Country Club, Rocky Fork Hunt and Country Club, Capital Club.
Interests
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Fishing, golf, skiing, sailing.
Connections
Married Lucy McKewen, September 8, 1951. Children: Katherine Sherlock, Samuel Hamilton Junior, William Glover II, Sarah McKewen.
- Father:
- W. Glover Porter
- Mother:
- Anne (Searight) Porter
- Spouse:
- Lucy McKewen
- child:
- Katherine Sherlock Porter
- child:
- Samuel Hamilton Junior Porter
- child:
- William Glover II Porter
- child:
- Sarah McKewen Porter
