1931
Mr. Newton is born in Rochester, New York to George Durfee and Nora Newton.
1953
Mr. Newton graduates cum laude from Harvard College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in government.
1953
Mr. Newton serves with the Counter Intelligence Corps of the U.S. Army in Korea.
1955
Mr. Newton marries Marja H. Newton.
1958
Mr. Newton receives a Bachelor of Laws from Yale College.
1958
Mr. Newton is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois and becomes an associate at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, Illinois.
1964
Mr. Newton becomes partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
1969
Mr. Newton authors “Firearms and Violence in American Life.”
1985
Mr. Newton becomes vice president and deputy general counsel of RJR Nabisco, Inc. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1989
Mr. Newton is admitted to practice in the state of North Carolina.
1991
Mr. Newton retires from RJR Nabisco, Inc.
2017
Mr. Newton authors “My Life Inside Big-Case Litigation.”