Background
Rowland, Walter Speed was born on March 29, 1939 in Fuguay Springs, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Elton and Elizabeth Carr (Williams) Rowland.
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Walter Speed Speed Rowland
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Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1961. Government fellow, University Freiburg, Germany, 1962. Juris Doctor, University Chicago, 1965.
Career
Law clerk, Office General Counsel, Washington, 1964;
associate, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, 1965-1970;
assistant United State Attorneys, Justice Department, New York City, 1970-1973;
assistant general counsel, Hercules Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1973-1993;
vice president, general counsel, Global Environmental Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, 1993-1995;
private practice,, Wilmington, since 1995. Special prosecutor Delaware Supreme Court, Wilmington, 1982-1985. Member Committee on Professional Responsibility, Wimington, 1985-1988.
Member Preliminary Review Board, Wilmington.
Achievements
Membership
Director Junior Achievement of Delaware, Wilmington, 1984-1988, Christ Church, Wilmington, 1990-1993. Member Association Corporation Counsel American, Virginia Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Delaware Bar Association (chairman international law section 1996-1997), Association Bar City New York, United States Chamber of Commerce (chairman since 1990), American Arbitration Association (complex litigation panel).
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Married Ida Beverley Wellford. 1 child, Walter.
