| Griffin Bell AKA Griffin Boyette Bell Born: 31-Oct-1918
Birthplace: Americus, GA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government, Judge
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Attorney General, 1977-79 Military service: US Army (Quartermaster Corps, 1942-46) Chair of John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge, 1961-75. George H.W. Bush's private attorney during the Iran-Contra investigation. Father: Adlai Cleveland Bell (cotton farmer)
Mother: Thelma Leola Pilcher
Wife: Mary Powell (d. 2000, one son)
Son: Griffin Bell, Jr. (attorney)
Wife: Nancy Kinnebrew Bell
High School: Americus High School, Americus, GA (1934)
University: Georgia Southwestern State University
Law School: Mercer University (1948)
US Attorney General (1977-79)
US Official US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (1961-75)
Georgia State Official Chief of Staff to Ernest Vandiver (1958-)
Georgia State Official City Attorney, Warner Robbins, GA
King & Spalding (1953-61, 1975-76, and 1979-)
American Bar Association
Bush-Cheney '04
Common Good Advisory Board
Friends of George Allen
George W. Bush for President
John McCain 2008
National Legal Center for the Public Interest Past Director
State Bar of Georgia (1947)
Order of the Coif Mercer University
Iran-Contra Scandal George H.W. Bush's private attorney
Is the subject of books:
Uncommon Sense: The Achievement of Griffin Bell, 1999, BY: Reg Murphy
Author of books:
Taking Care of the Law (1982)
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