Background
Hyland, William Francis was born on July 30, 1923 in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore J. and Margaret M. (Gallagher) Hyland.
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William Francis HYLAND
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WILLIAM HYLAND, American Lawyer, Partner of RIKER, DANZIG, SCHERER, HYLAND & PERRETTI, specializing in the field of General Practice, Litigation in all Trial (Law and Equity) and Appellate Courts, Administrative proceedings before the Office of Administrative Law and other agencies. Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions, Computer, Construction Contracts, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Corporate Trust, Criminal, Domestic Relations, Employment Discrimination, Environmental Regulation, Environmental and Solid Waste Litigation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act Litigation, Estate Planning, Government Affairs and Legislative Representation, Insurance, International Finance, Labor, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Bond and Finance, Personal Injury, Intellectual Property, Probate, Products Liability, Public Utilities, Real Estate (including Real Estate Acquisition, Development, Leasing, Disposition and Financing), Securities Regulation, Taxation, Telecommunications, Toxic Torts, Venture Capital, Zoning and Planning Law.
Education
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science, 1944. Juris Doctor, 1949). Member, 1954-1961 and Speaker, 1958, General Assembly, State of New Jersey. President, New Jersey Public Utility Commission, 1961-1968.
Chairman, State Commission on Investigations, 1969 New Jersey Attorney General, 1974-1978.
Member, 1974-1984 and Chairman, 1978-1982, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority.
Career
During World World War II, he served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy. He took part in convoy duty in the Battle of the Atlantic, as well as in the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Luzon. He became involved in Democratic politics in Camden County, and was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1954.
He served as Speaker of the Assembly in 1958.
Hyland resigned from the Assembly in 1961 when he was nominated by Governor Robert B. Meyner to be the president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Hyland was one of Meyner"s choices to succeed him as the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1961, but he lost the nomination to Richard J. Hughes.
He continued serving on the Public Utilities Board until 1968, when he resigned to return to his law practice in Camden. He returned to public service when Governor Hughes nominated him to be the chairman of the newly created New Jersey State Commission of Investigation.
The Commission succeeded in jailing reputed leaders of organized crime on contempt of court charges for refusing to divulge knowledge of criminal activities.
In 1970 Hyland resigned and again returned to his private law practice. In December 1973, Governor-elect Brendan Byrne nominated Hyland as Attorney General of New Jersey. He served from 1974 to 1978, and then joined the law firm Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Debvois and Hyland (later known as Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti).
He retired from the firm in 2006.
Hyland continued performing as a clarinetist even while serving as Attorney General. Goodman named him the legal and musical consultant for his estate, responsible for deciding which previously unreleased recordings were appropriate for release.
Upon Goodman"s death in 1986, Hyland served as executor of his estate. He died on March 3, 2013.
Achievements
Membership
Member New Jersey General Assembly from Camden County, 1954-1961, speaker of house, 1958, acting governor, New Jersey, 1958. Chairman New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, 1978-1982, commissioner, 1974-1984. President New Jersey Board Public Utility Commissioners, also member cabinet governors Meyner, Hughes, Byrne, New Jersey, 1961-1968, 74-78.
Chairman New Jersey Atomic Energy Council, 1968-1969, New Jersey Commission Investigation, 1969-1971. Co-chairman Reapportionment Commission. Chairman Brazilian Mission Committee, 1962-1965.
Permanent delegate Federal Judicial Conference 3d Circuit. Delegate-at-large Democratic National Convention, 1964, delegate, 1968. Associate trustee University Pennsylvania, 1960-1974.
Served as officer United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Member American Bar Association (fellow New Jersey chapter), Camden County Bar Association (president 1959), National Association RailRoad and Utilities Commissioners (executive committee 1965-1968), National Association Attorneys General (executive committee 1975-1978, vice president 1976, president elect 1977-1978), Phi Kappa Psi.
Connections
Married Joan E. Sharp, April 20, 1946. Children: William Francis, Nancy E. Hyland Wiley, Stephen J., Emma L. Hyland McCormack, Margaret M. Hyland Frank, Thomas M.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic party
Education
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1949
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1976
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1944
Awards
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Decorated knight Order of St. Gregory (Pope Paul VI), 1964. Recipient Distinguished Service award Camden County Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1954, Outstanding Young Man in Government New Jersey award New Jersey Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1958, Myrtle Wreath award Camden County Southern New Jersey region Hadassah, 1977, Public Service award Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1982. Named Outstanding Citizen of New Jersey Advertising Club. New Jersey, 1979.Decorated knight Order of St. Gregory (Pope Paul VI), 1964. Recipient Distinguished Service award Camden County Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1954, Outstanding Young Man in Government New Jersey award New Jersey Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1958, Myrtle Wreath award Camden County Southern New Jersey region Hadassah, 1977, Public Service award Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1982. Named Outstanding Citizen of New Jersey Advertising Club.
New Jersey, 1979.