Background
Gonser, Thomas Howard was born on May 8, 1938 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of William Adam and Alice Gertrude (Lease) Gonser.
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Gonser, Thomas Howard was born on May 8, 1938 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of William Adam and Alice Gertrude (Lease) Gonser.
Associate of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1958; Bachelor in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1960; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Attorney, S.P. Company, San Francisco, 1965-1968; assistant general counsel, Boise Cascade Corporation, Idaho., 1969-1972; associate general counsel, Boise Cascade Corporation, Idaho., 1972-1981; assistant secretary, Boise Cascade Corporation, Idaho., 1972-1981; executive director, American Bar Association, Chicago, 1981-1987; executive vice president, chief operating officer, American Bar Association, Chicago, 1987; also board directors, American Bar Association, Chicago.
Served with United States Army, 1960-1962. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member International Bar Association (deputy secretary general 1982-1986), American Law Institute, National Conference Bar Founds.
(president 1980-1981), National Ctr.Preventive Law (trustee since 1988), American Bar Association (chairman task force on preventive law since 1996), Economics Club Chicago.
Married Stephanie Jane Griffiths, November 27, 1960. Children: Thomas Howard, Catherine Ruth.