Background
Watkin, Virginia Guild was born on July 28, 1925 in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Cheever and Dorothy Louise (Springer) Guild.
Watkin, Virginia Guild was born on July 28, 1925 in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Cheever and Dorothy Louise (Springer) Guild.
Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley College, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1949, Doctor of Laws (honorary) Norwich University, 1986.
Bar: New York 1949, District of Columbia 1952, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1952, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1954, Massachusetts 1963, United States District Court Massachusetts 1968, United States Court Appeals (1st circuit) 1968, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1976, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1980, United States Court Federal Claims 1983, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1993. Association, Covington & Burling, Washington, 1952-1958. Associate counsel Massachusetts Crime Commission, 1963-1964.
Associate Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum, Boston, 1966-1972, partner, 1973-1974.
Partner Covington & Burling, Washington, since 1974. Board visiting Columbia University School Law.
Trustee Northfield (Massachusetts) Mount Hermon School Board 1978-1983, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, 1977-1990, emertia 1990, Wellesley College, 1989. Board overseers Wellesley College Stone Center for Development Superior vena cava syndrome and Studies, 1989, Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1990.
Trustee Northfield (Massachusetts) Mount Hermon School Board, 1978-1983, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, 1977-1990, Wellesley College, since 1989. Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, District of Columbia Bar Association (president since 1993), Society Woman Geographers, Columbia Law School Alumni Association (regional vice president), Wellesley College Alumnae Association (board directors 1985-1988), Cosmos Club.
Married Donald M. Watkin, June 22, 1946. Children: Henry M., Mary Ellen, Edward G., Ann Kymry.