Background
Nicholson, Thomas Laurence was born on November 19, 1923 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Laurence Nicholson and Nelle Braxton (Jones) McKittrick.
Nicholson, Thomas Laurence was born on November 19, 1923 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Laurence Nicholson and Nelle Braxton (Jones) McKittrick.
AB, Princeton University, 1944; student, University Paris, 1949; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1954; Master in Comparative Law, University of Chicago, 1958; postdoctoral, U. Hamburg, 1958-1959.
From assistant to acting public affairs officer, United States Consulate General, Algiers, Algeria, 1949-1951; associate, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, 1954-1961; partner, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, 1961-1966; partner, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, 1967-1988; general counsel, Midfield, Inc., Chicago, 1989-1991. Research associate law University of Michigan, 1959-1960.
Trustee Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, since 1974, president, 1979-1983. Board directors Public Interest Law Initiative, Chicago, president 1988-1991, Chicago Area Foundation for Legal Services. Served to Lieutenant United States Navy, 1941-1946.
Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute
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Son of Thomas Laurence Nicholson and Nelle Braxton (Jones) McKittrick. M.Eleanor A. Kuester, September 11, 1954. Children: Anne Lindsey, John Chester, Sarah Stoney, Martha Kenyon.