FREDERICK GARY DUTTON  

June 16, 1923 – June 25, 2005

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

• Presidential Assistant to John F. Kennedy, 1961-62. Special Assistant to the President for Interdepartmental Affairs and Secretary to the Cabinet (in charge of coordinating domestic departments) and for Intergovernmental Affairs (relations with state and local governments)
• Assistant US Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, 1962-64
• Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff for California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, 1959-60
• Chief Assistant Attorney General of California for Criminal Law Enforcement, 1957-58
• Special Counsel, California State Senate Judiciary Committee, 1955-56

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

• Deputy National Chairman, Citizens for Kennedy & Johnson, 1960 Presidential Campaign
• Executive Director, 1964 Democratic National Convention Platform Committee
• Deputy National Chairman, Democratic National Committee in charge of Research, 1964 Presidential Campaign of Lyndon Johnson
• In charge of Robert F. Kennedy 1968 Presidential Primary Campaign traveling with RFK
• Campaign Manager, Edmund G. (Pat) Brown for Governor of California, 1958
• Southern California Campaign Manager, Adlai Stevenson for Prsident, 1956.
• Also invited to be campaign manager for Edmund Muskie’s 1972 Presidential Campaign. Was political advisor and traveled with the candidate in the Presidential Campaigns of Hubert Humphrey, Fall 1968, and George McGovern in 1972, and Arthur Goldberg for NY Governor, 1970
• Member of the Democratic National Committee Reform Commission, 1968-1971 (McGovern Commission)

AUTHOR

• Changing Sources of Power (in US politics), McGraw Hill, 1971, paperback, 1972
• Guide to the 1972 Presidential Election, Playboy, 1972
• Articles and Op-Ed Pieces:  numerous publications including the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times
• Editor, Los Angeles Bar magazine, 1955

EDUCATION and EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

            University of California, Berkeley, 1946 with honors

            Stanford University Law School, B.LL, 1949. Articles Editor, First year of Stanford Law Review, 1948-49

            San Mateo High School, 1941

            Board of Regents, University of California governing board, 1962-1976

            Board of Trustees, American University of Cairo, 1983-86

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

• World War II, US Army, Infantry, 1943-45, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, 3 Battle Stars, Combat Infantry Badge. Prisoner of War, 1945, Germany. Rank: Lieutenant. Rainbow Division/Wounded during Battle of the Bulge
• Korean War, 1950-52, Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Pentagon, 6^th Army Headquarters in California and US Army-Navy Force Joint Procurement Command in Japan

OTHER

• JFK Library, founding Coordinator, 1964-65, and organizing Director of the John F. Kennedy Oral History Project for the JFK Library

• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, founding Executive Director of the foundation, 1968-70, and member of its Board of Directors, 1968-80

• National Town Meeting, John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, founder and Director, 1974-1981

PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE

            Corporate and International Law. Member of the California, District of Columbia and US Supreme Court bars. Since 1975 practice included being chief US attorney for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and political advisor on US matters (Foreign Agents Registration with Department of Justice).

• 1949-50, Kirkbride and Wilson, San Mateo
• 1953-56, Southern Counties Gas Company, General Counsel’s Office, Los Angeles
• 1965, Clifford and Miller, Washington, DC
• 1965-1979, Solo Practice, Washington, DC
• 1979-present, Dutton  & Dutton PC, Washington, DC with spouse/lawyer Nancy Dutton.

PERSONAL

Born: Julesburg, Colorado, June 16, 1923, son of Dr. Frederick G. Dutton (Green Bay, Wisconsin) and Lucy Elizabeth Parker Dutton.  Family moved to San Francisco Area in 1930. Descendant from English immigrants who arrived prior to the American Revolution in Virginia (mother) and in the early 1800s in Vermont via Canada (father)

Married: Nancy Hogan Dutton, two daughters Stacy Dutton (Philadelphia) and Christina Dutton (Washington). Married and Divorced June Klingborg (1924 - 2016), (San Mateo, CA), son Christopher Dutton  (San Anselmo, CA) daughters Lisa Dutton (Los Angeles) and Eve Dutton (San Carlos, CA).

Six Grandchildren: Andrew Dutton of San Anselmo, Parker and Pierce Cunneen of Philadelphia, Kevin and Scott Harris of San Carlos, CA, and Zoe Dutton of Los Angeles.

Edward P. Dutton, only sibling (deceased in 2002) who was a graduate school professor of social work at the University of Kansas (Lawrence) and the University of California/Berkeley; and community activist in the California Central Valley and Los Angeles, including as major advisor and political organizer for Caesar Chavez in the 1960s.

BURIAL