Background
Hastings, Wilmot Reed was born on May 29, 1935 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abner Horace and Florence (Hylan) Hastings.
Hastings, Wilmot Reed was born on May 29, 1935 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abner Horace and Florence (Hylan) Hastings.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1957; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1961; postgraduate, U. Paris, 1957-1958.
Law clerk, Chief Justice Raymond S. Wilkins, Boston, 1961-1962; associate firm, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, 1962-1968; 1st assistant and deputy attorney general, Massachusetts, 1968-1969; special assistant and executive assistant to undersecretary state, 1969-1970; general counsel, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-1973; partner, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston and London, 1973-1990; writer, since 1990.
Married Joan Amory Loomis, August 30, 1958. Children: W. Reed, Junior, Melissa H., Claire A.