Ellsworth M. Jennison Sr., Trademark Lawyer, 85

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Ellsworth M. Jennison Sr., a trademark lawyer for more than 60 years in
the Washington DC area, and who lived in Alexandria, Virginia, died
October 21, 2005, at Inova Fairfax [Virginia] Hospital of complications
from injuries suffered in a fall, at the age of 85.

Mr. Jennison was born in Washington DC and as a young man played
amateur baseball and football. He graduated from Eastern High School
and then National University Law School in 1942.

After serving in the Navy with the Atlantic Fleet during World War II,
he went to George Washington University, where he received a master's
degree in patent law in 1948.

That same year he founded his own law firm, which grew into a
prestigious practice in the field of intellectual property with Fortune
500 and international clients, including Goodyear, Anheuser-Busch Inc.,
Wyeth Corp. and the Topps trading card company.

Regarded as something of an institution at the Commerce Department, Mr.
Jennison, who was known for his calm and steady presence, conducted
thousands of trademark searches during his practice of law.

The firm, Jennison and Shultz in Crystal City, is one of the few family
firms in the United States specializing in trademark law.

Mr. Jennison moved to the Alexandria area of Fairfax County [Virginia]
in 1953 and settled in the Dowden Terrace community, where he was
president of the homeowners association and a founder of the community
swimming pool.

He also was a leader in the Boy Scouts of America and a coach of youth
baseball and Catholic Youth Organization basketball teams.

He was a member of the American Bar Association, the International
Trademark Association, the American Intellectual Property Law
Association, Catholic War Veterans, Knights of Columbus and St.
Anthony's Catholic Church in Falls Church, Virginia.

He also belonged to the U.S. Power Squadron and maintained a second
home in Virginia's Westmoreland County, where he and his family enjoyed
boating and fishing.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Mary Kiley Jennison of
Alexandria, Virginia; seven children, Ellsworth Jennison Jr. of San
Francisco, California, John Jennison of Fairfax, Carl Jennison of
Fairfax City, Virginia, Stuart Jennison of Annandale, Virginia, Kathryn
Shultz of Springfield, Virginia, Christine Jennings of Marshall,
Virginia, and Mary Alice Spivey of Gaithersburg, Maryland; a sister;
and nine grandchildren.

Washington Post