About Merle Thorpe, Jr.
Lived 1918 – 1994 (aged 75–76). Merle Thorpe, Jr. was an American lawyer.
Merle Thorpe, Jr. (1918 – February 13, 1994) was an American lawyer and philanthropist.
Early life, education and military service Thorpe was born in Washington, D.C., and attended the Sidwell Friends School, the St. Albans School – both in Washington – and the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Thorpe served as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer during World War II.
Career and philanthropy After the war, Thorpe joined the Washington, D.C., law firm Hogan & Hartson, where he was a partner from 1956 to 1982.
Death He died of cancer in 1994.
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American lawyer
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Merle Thorpe, Jr. was born in 1918.
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Merle Thorpe, Jr. died in 1994.
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