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.
Hyland, William Francis was born on July 30, 1923 in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore J. and Margaret M. (Gallagher) Hyland.
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.
Partner & of counsel Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, 1978, 1992, Morristown, New Jersey, 2006. Attorney general, 1974-1978. Retired, 2006.
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.
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.