Background
WEBSTER, William was born on March 6, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas M. and Katherine (Hedgcock) Webster.
federal agency administrator lawyer
WEBSTER, William was born on March 6, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas M. and Katherine (Hedgcock) Webster.
AB, Amherst College, 1947. Juris Doctor, Washington University, 1949. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Amherst College, 1975.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington University, 1978. Doctor of Laws (honorary), William Wood College, 1978. Doctor of Laws (honorary), DePauw University, 1978.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Drury College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Dayton.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Notre Dame. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Center College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dickinson College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Miami. Doctor of Laws (honorary), DePaul University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), American University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), John Jay College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Westminster College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rockhurst College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pepperdine University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), The Institute of World Politics, 2008.
With Armstrong, Teasdale, Kramer & Vaughan (and predecessors), St. Louis, 1949-1950, 52-59, 61-70. United States attorney (eastern district) Mo United States Department Justice, 1960-1961. Judge United States District Court (eastern district Missouri), 1971-1973, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit), 1973-1978.
Director Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1978-1987, Central Intelligence Agency, 1987-1991. Senior partner Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, Washington, 1991—2005, consulting partner, since 2005. Chair Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) United States Department Homeland Security, since 2006.
Member Missouri Board Law Examiners, 1964-1969, member advisory committee on criminal rules, 1971-1978, member court administrators committee, 1975-1978. Chairman Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 2002. Director, Indiana Review of Federal Bureau of Investigation's Policies, Practices & Actions Preceeding the Fort Hood Shootings, Federal Bureau of Investigation, since 2009.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946, World War II, lieutenant United States Navy, 1950-1952, Korean War.
Trustee Washington University, 1974. Board directors Atlantic Council, National Legal Center Public Interest, National Symphony Association, Council Foreign Relations. Board directors, chairman Police Foundation.
Honorary life president Big Brothers Organization St. Louis. Board directors Big Brothers American, 1966, honorary board directors, 1978. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers (honorary).
Member American Bar Association (chairman section on corporation banking and business law 1977-1978), Federal Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Association, American Law Institute (member council 1978), Washington University Alumni Federation (president 1956-1957), Rotary, St. Louis Country Club, Noonday Club (St. Louis), Metropolitan Club, Chevy Chase Club, Alfalfa Club, St. Alban's Tennis Club, Order of the Coif, Psi Upsilon, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Drusilla Lane, May 5, 1950 (deceased 1984). Children: Drusilla Lane Busch, William Hedgcock, Katherine Hagee Roessle. Married Lynda Clugston, October 20, 1990.
