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Robert Griffin Named Frank J. Kelley Distinguished Public Servant
9/5/03 Robert P. Griffin has been named the recipient of the 2003 State Bar of Michigan Frank J. Kelley Distinguished Public Servant Award. The award was created in 1998 by the State Bar Board of Commissioners to recognize a Michigan attorney in elected or appointed office for extraordinary governmental service. Griffin will receive the award Friday, September 12, during the State Bar of Michigan 68th Annual Meeting in Lansing. During his extensive career, which spanned five decades, Griffin served for 22 years in the U.S. Congress. He spent 10 years as a U.S. Congressman (1956-1966), 12 years as a U.S. Senator (1966-1978), eight years as Minority Whip in the U.S. Senate (1969-1977), and eight years as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1987-1994). After retiring from the Michigan Supreme Court, Griffin served as a visiting judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals. While in Congress, Griffin's many accomplishments included co-authoring the Landrum-Griffin Act (Labor/Management Reporting Disclosure Act of 1959) and the National Student Loan Program. Griffin received an associate's degree and a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University in 1947, a juris doctor in 1950 from the University of Michigan, and honorary degrees from numerous universities. Griffin is a member of several associations, including the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, the American Bar Association, the Grand Traverse-Leelanu-Antrim Bar Association, and the American Judicature Society.
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