Background
Farmer, Thomas Laurence was born on July 26, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Laurence and Else (Dienemann) Farmer.
Farmer, Thomas Laurence was born on July 26, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Laurence and Else (Dienemann) Farmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1943; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1950; Bachelor of Arts, Brasenose College, Oxford (England) University, 1948; Master of Arts, Brasenose College, Oxford (England) University, 1953.
Law clerk to, Judge Missouri Hudson member, International Law communications of United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1950; associate firm, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, 1954-1957; associate firm, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, Washington, 1958-1964; general counsel, Agency for International Development, Washington, 1964-1968; partner, Kominers, Fort, Schlefer, Farmer & Boyer, Washington, 1968-1970; partner, Prather, Seeger, Doolittle & Farmer, Washington, 1970-1994; partner, Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day, Washington, since 1994.
Chairman board National Capital Transportation Agency, 1961-1964. Member, chairman President's Intelligence Oversight Board, 1977-1981. Member visiting committee Harvard, 1959-1965.
Trustee Lincoln University, 1959-1977. Treasurer American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Member American, Federal bar associations, American Society International Law, Grey's Inn Society Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Fairchild Becker, September 1951 (divorced August 1970). Children-Daniel Fairchild, Sarah Bennett, Elizabeth Lanham.