Aaker, Linda

Linda Aaker learned early in life in Texas that if you made good grades and were polite, you could get away with otherwise outrageous behavior, including protesting the Vietnam War, hitchhiking through Europe, trekking in the Himalayas, branding cattle, and becoming a pilot and a mother. After attending The University of Texas Law School, she joined the Texas Attorney General's Office (1974-83), where she wrote the opinion holding that women did not have to assume their husband's surnames upon marriage. Eventually she became Chief of the Antitrust Division where she negotiated the settlement o...