Background
Gates, Signe Sandra was born on December 19, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Russell and Signe Eva (Nelson) Gates.
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Signe Sandra Gates
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Bachelor summa cum laude, Susquehanna U., 1971; Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1980.
Career
Management trainee, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Alexandria, Virginia, 1971; management consultant, Macro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland., 1971-1973; vice president, Program Resources, Inc., Annapolis, Maryland., 1973-1978; associate, Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, Connecticut, 1980-1983; corporation attorney, Tetley Inc., Shelton, Connecticut, 1983-1985; attorney, General Signal Corporation, Stamford, 1985-1988; senior attorney, General Signal Corporation, Stamford, 1988-1992; assistant general counsel, General Signal Corporation, Stamford, 1992-1996; vice president, general counsel, corporation secretary, Axel Johnson Inc, Stamford, Connecticut, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors, secretary Norwalk (Connecticut) Young Men’s Christian Association, Inc., 1985-1988, counsel infectious disease review panel, 1988-1991. Board directors Child Guidance Center Southern Connecticut, Inc., since 1991, member program committee, 1991-1996, chair managed care committee,1995-1996, Executive Committee, since 1996. Board directors Tri-State Employment Law Forum, New York City, 1984-1987.
Member committee of friends Great Music: A Chamber Series, 1991-1993. Chairman of the board of trustees Peter B. Knock Memorial Music Fund, since 1992;panelist Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science, Connecticut, 1986,87, 89. Member of national commission on giving Susquehanna U., 1990-1991, 94, 95, executive-in-residence, 1992, board directors, since 1994, Executive Committee, since 1997.
Member American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, Corporation Bar Association Westchester and Fairfield, Inc., Susquehanna U. Alumni-Parent Admissions Network.
Connections
Married Peter Benjamin Knock, September 12, 1987.
