Admitted
1953, Michigan and Illinois; 1962, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, Virginia; 1980, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Detroit, J.D., 1952; The John Marshall Law School, M.P.L., 1958 . Awarded LL.D., The John Marshall Law School, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Purdue University, B.S.E.E., 1948
Memberships
Illinois State (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1967-1968) and American (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1972-1973) Bar Associations; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Vice President, 1976-1978; 1980-1981); American Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1977-1978); International Patent and Trademark Association (President, 1980-1983; Member, Executive Committee, 1975-1978); Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (President, 1970-1971).
Biographical
Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Recipient: Jefferson Medal, 1984; Award of Pacific Industrial Property Association for International Cooperation, 1982; The Purdue University 1994 Outstanding Electrical Engineer Award; Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award, 1997. Member, Advisory Board, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1970-1978. Professor, 1959-1978 and Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of Intellectual Property Program, 1979-1989, The John Marshall Law School. General Patent Counsel, Borg-Warner Corporation, 1953-1978. Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director, Intellectual Property Law Program, The National Law Center, George Washington University, 1989-1991. U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 1978-1979. Member: Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board, 1969-1974; U.S. Delegation, Washington Diplomatic Conference on the Patent Cooperation Treaty, 1970; ABA Delegation, Vienna Diplomatic Conference on Trademark Registration Treaty, 1973. Trustee, Licensing Executive Society, 1971-1974. Licensing Consultant of World Intellectual Property Organization to Peoples Republic of China, 1979. President, Giles S. Rich American Inns of Court, 1992-1994.