Three by 33: Decisions That Shaped a Life

"This is the story of my life—at least its first 70 years. I am writing it so
that my three children and my three granddaughters may know something
about my background and theirs. It is the type of book I wish my parents
had written, as there is so much about their lives I do not know but sincerely
wish I did.
Since I am telling this tale, much depends on my memory of events,
my interpretation of them, and the details of those I select to include as
well as those left out. I have tried to be candid and accurate and honest, to
include some of the good (of which there is much) and some of the not
so good (of which, fortunately, there is much less). I hope that those who
read these pages will find some information to interest them and some that
is new that will add to their understanding"

MALCOLM HAWK grew up in Palo Alto, California and graduated from Princeton University and Stanford Law School. This memoir follows him through his formative years and along a career path that included assignments in all three branches of the federal government, where he encountered some of the most controversial members of the Nixon administration, and then into the petroleum industry. His legal responsibilities included the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania. He and his wife Kate have three children and three grandchildren, and they have lived in Brussels and Singapore as well as in numerous cities in the United States. Since retirement, they have settled in Houston, Texas and Steamboat Springs, Colorado when not traveling to all seven continents.