Tom Killefer


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Accomplishments

  • What a career he had! Stanford graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard Law School
  • Served in the US Navy during World War II awarded the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy Air Medal, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation and Navy Unit Citation
  • Received Bachelor's of Civil Law (Rhodes Scholar) from Oxford University, taking less than half the time to graduate than the average pupil
  • Executive Vice-president for Chrysler Corporation
  • Chairman, President and CEO of US Trust Co. of New York
  • 1958 Served a Representative of the Maritime Law Association of the United States at the UN Conference on Law of the Sea at Geneva, Switzerland

Memories

(Editors note: Tom passed away suddenly June 16, 1996, before this honor could bestowed on him.)

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