Background
Lee, William Marshall was born on February 23, 1922 in New York City. Son of Marshall McLean and Marguerite (Letts) Lee.
Lee, William Marshall was born on February 23, 1922 in New York City. Son of Marshall McLean and Marguerite (Letts) Lee.
Student, University Wisconsin, 1939-1940;Bachelor of Science, Aero. University, Chicago, 1942;postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1946-1948;postgraduate, Loyola University Law School, Los Angeles, 1948-1949;Juris Doctor, Loyola University, Chicago, 1952.
Thermodynamicist, Northrop Aircraft Company, Hawthorne, California, 1947-1949;patent agent, Hill, Sherman, Meroni, Gross & Simpson, Chicago, 1949-1951;patent agent, Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, 1951-1953;partner, Hume, Clement, Hume & Lee, Chicago, 1953-1972;private practice, Chicago, 1973-1974;partner, Lee and Smith (and predecessors), Chicago, 1974-1989;partner, Lee, Mann, Smith, McWilliams, Sweeney & Ohlson, Chicago, 1989-1998;independent expert intellectual property, Barrington, Illinois, since 1999. Consultant Power Packaging, Inc.
President Glenview (Illinois) Citizens School Committee, 1953-1957. Vice president Glenbrook High School Board, 1957-1963. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations.
Member American Bar Association (chairman of the section intellectual property law 1986-1987, section finance officer 1976-1977, section secretary 1977-1980, section governing county 1980-1984, 87-88), Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, 7th Federal Circuit Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Intellectual Law Association Chicago, Licensing Executives Society (president 1981-1982, treasurer 1977-1980, trustee 1974-1977, 80-81, 82-83, international delegate since 1980), Phi Delta Theta, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Lois Kathryn Plain, October 10, 1942. Children: Marsha (Mistress Stephen Derynck), William Marshall Junior, Victoria C. (Mistress Larry Nelson).