Background
Finch, Walter Goss Gilchrist was born on January 25, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Walter G. and Lena May (Koontz) Finch.
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Finch, Walter Goss Gilchrist was born on January 25, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Walter G. and Lena May (Koontz) Finch.
Bachelor in Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1940. Master in Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, Temple University, 1948.
Master of Business Administration, Temple University, 1950. Juris Doctor, Temple University, 1969. Master of Laws, George Washington University, 1949.
Graduate, Command and General Staff College, 1953. Graduate defense seminar, National War College, 1965. Graduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, 1965.
Assistant patent counsel Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1951-1957;
patent counsel, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1957-1973;
private practice international, patent, trademark and copyright law, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1957. Junior Institute Mech. Engineering The Johns Hopkins University, 1940, instructor mechanic engineering and national defense training World World War II, 1940-1941.
Instructor surveying сivil engineering, 1947-1949. Lecturer civil and mechanic engineering George Washington University, 1948-1950. Lecturer inventions United States Patent Office Academy of Inventors, 1990.
Mechanic engineer Research and Development gas turbines Glenn L. Martin Company, 1946. Patent engineer Westinghouse Manufacturing Company, 1949-1950, Law Offices of Roberts B. Larson, Washington, 1951-1952.
President Maryland Crime Investigating Commission, 1963-1966, general counsel, 1963-1975. Member World Peace Through Law Center, since 1964. Founder, member advisory council Catonsville Community College, 1959-1976, secretary-treasurer, 1962-1964, president, 1967-1968.
Active Boy Scouts American, since 1931, member executive board Baltimore Area council, since 1965. Delegate Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968. Chairman Committee for Charter Government, Baltimore County, 1956.
Democratic candidate for United States Senate for Maryland, 1968, 70, 74, 78, for. United States Congress for Maryland, 1956, 66, for attorney general Maryland, 1978, for governor Maryland, 1994. Honorary member Committee on Study of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome for Women, Lithuania.
With Army of the United States, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations, ATO, PTO. With Maryland National Guard, 1936-1940, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1940. Colonel Reserve retired, 1973.
Member Sons of the American Revolution (board directors Colonel Nicholas Ruxton Moore chapter Maryland Society), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Bar Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Legion, International Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, International Patent and Trademark Association, Federal Bar Association (board directors Baptist chapter 1971-1980), American Patent Law Association, Bar Association Baltimore City, Maryland Bar Association, Maryland Society Professional Engineers, Maryland Academy of Sciences, Society of America Military Engineers, Reserve Officers Association (president Patapsco chapter 1956-1957), Towson Parkville and Glen Burnie Engirng. Society (Baltimore advanced speakers president 1995-1996), Baltimore Association Commerce Catonsville Community Association, Maryland History Society English Spkg. Union, Engineers Society, National Sojourners and Heroes, Institute Parapsychology Durham, District of Columbia (board directors 1983-1987), Johns Hopkins Club, Toastmasters Clubs (mentor Virginia/Baltimore 1991-1993, mentor Moscow Club, National Lawyers Club, Rolling Road Golf Club, Army and Navy Club of Washington, Masons (past high priest Baltimore Royal Architect chapter 1962, senior deacon Washington lodge 1991), Shriners, Knight Templar (past eminent Commander Beauseant Commandry 1961), Ancient and Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (Kentucky Colonel).
Married Mary Adele Roberts, June 25, 1943. Children: Vida Marilena McCarty, Lillian Bonnie Murakoshi, Robin Lee Buckley-Finch, Ruth Mae. Married Patricia Anne Reed, February 22, 1976.