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M arion Fremont-Smith served Boston as a lawyer for over five decades. Before embarking on a career in which she supported several nonprofit organizations, Ms. Fremont-Smith was an instructor in the department of political science at Wellesley College for one year. Ms. Fremont-Smith’s interest in nonprofit organizations began in the 1960s when she served as assistant attorney general and director of the Division of Public Charities in Massachusetts. In 1964, she joined the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart, where she specialized in tax and nonprofit law. She was elected partner in 1971, subsequently retiring in 2004. She delved into education as a lecturer at Harvard Law School from 2008 to 2011. Ms. Fremont-Smith, an adjunct lecturer in public policy, has since 1998 been associated with the Hauser Center for nonprofit organizations, where she directs research on governance and the accountability of nonprofit organizations. She is the author of “Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation.” She has published two other books and

Marion Fremont-Smith Lawyer (Retired) Cambridge, MA

numerous papers on government regulation of nonprofit organizations. She remains active in her field as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Bar Foundation and the American College of Tax Counsel, and a member of the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute. Ms. Fremont-Smith received a Bachelor of Arts fromWellesley College in 1948 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Boston University School of Law in 1951. She also acknowledges her second husband’s support of her career until his passing as being integral to her continued success.

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