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May 23, 2005
Oldest Patent Lawyer Recognized
Franklin Pierce Law Center awarded C. Yardley Chittick an honorary degree. Chittick is the nation's oldest practicing patent attorney at 104 years of age.
According to NPR, Chittick lived across from Humphrey Bogart in 1917, and turned down a job offer with Thomas Edison, after passing Edison's requisite test for employees. An audio file interview with Chittick is available at the NPR article Nation's Oldest Patent Attorney Honored. It's under 5 minutes long and definitely worth listening.
For more on a patent attorney from which we can all learn, see That's a lot of lawyering! or 104-Year-Old Lawyer Gets Degree.
Posted by Melody Wirz at 09:17 AM.
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