Background
Pettit, Walter Fitch was born on March 20, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Karl Dravo and Estelle (Fitch) Pettit.
Pettit, Walter Fitch was born on March 20, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Karl Dravo and Estelle (Fitch) Pettit.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1941). Hastings College of the Law, University of California (Bachelor of Laws, 1950). Phi Delta Phi.
Legal counsel United States Navy, Washington, 1953-1954. Associate Hadsell, Murman & Bishop, San Francisco, 1954-1962. Partner Pettit & Martin, since 1963.
Chairman board trustees Santa Catalina School, Monterey, California, 1975-1985. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1941-1946. Fellow National Contract Management Association.
Member American Bar Association (chairman public contract law section), Federal Bar Association, California Bar Association, San Francisco Bar Association, Supreme Court of the United States Court Bar Association.
Squash, tennis.
Married Cherie Sutton, April 24, 1946. Children: Anian Tunney, Lindsay, Cherie Arkley.