Background
Heefner, William Frederick was born on July 8, 1922 in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Russell Edgar and Lydia Victoria (Spielman) Heefner.
Heefner, William Frederick was born on July 8, 1922 in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Russell Edgar and Lydia Victoria (Spielman) Heefner.
Bachelor, Ursinus College, 1942. Doctor of Laws, Ursinus College, 1975. Bachelor of Laws, Temple University, 1949.
Worked at Curtin and Heefner (Morrisville, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Labor, Real Estate, Zoning and Land Use, Bankruptcy Law.
Corporation, Business and Tax Law.
Municipal Finance and Personal Injury. Insurance Defense, Commercial Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate and Wills.
Admitted to the bar, 1951, Pennsylvania and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1961, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Alpha Delta. Director, 1969, Vice President and Treasurer, 1977-1990. President, 1990, Ursinus College.
Awarded Doctor of Laws, by Ursinus College, 1975.
Member, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1989. Member: Buckinghamshire County (President, 1965-1966), Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, 1972-1976. Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1979) and American Bar Associations.
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Curtin and Heefner, one of the oldest and largest law firms in Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1932 by Willard South. Curtin, who served the county as both district attorney and a five-term United States. congressman.
In 1951, William F. Heefner joined the firm and thereafter it assumed its present name.
Board of directors Bedminster Township Planning Commission, 1961-1994, secretary, 1961-1990. Treasurer Bucks County Democratic Committee, 1966-1990. Treasurer Bucks County Democratic Committee, 1966-1990, board directors, since 1969.
Vice president, treasurer, chairman finance committee Ursinus College, 1976-1990, president of the board directors, 1990-1997. President, trustee Mercer Museum and Spruance Library., 1974-1990, 91-. President Fonthill Trust and Museum.
Board directors Bucks County Conservancy (now Heritage Conservancy), since 1976, Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission, 1989-1995, Bucks County History Society, since 1990. 1st lt.inf. Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (member house delegations 1971-1979, member of the Board of Governors 1976-1979, chairman law office economics and management committee 1972-1973), Bucks County Bar Association (president 1965-1966), Metropolitan Club. (New York City), Symposium Club, Rotary International (Paul Harris fellow 1996), Phi Alpha Delta.